Bet From Anywhere Blog

It may be up to New Jersey voters to decide whether to allow online betting in the state. An Internet gambling bill that was going to be fast-tracked through the Legislature is being held up because the state constitution may require the question to be put to voters.  Assembly and Senate panels have put off [...]

Rushing to take advantage of a U.S. Justice Department ruling that in-state Internet gambling does not violate federal law, a New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak is pushing for his colleagues to pass a bill legalizing online gambling within the state’s borders. He told The Associated Press on Monday he’ll try to get a bill through [...]

Internet gambling is the future of the casino industry, whether it’s approved at the federal or state level, a panel of online and brick-and-mortar casino executives said Tuesday. And a New Jersey lawmaker predicted there will be a ballot question next year asking his state’s residents whether to amend the state Constitution to allow Internet [...]

Legislation introduced this week would allow Internet wagering at Atlantic City casinos. The bill sponsored by state Sen. Raymond Lesniak, D-Union, specifically would allow “New Jersey residents to place wagers on casino games via the Internet,” according to the text of the legislation. All games, including poker, would be offered through Internet wagering, the bill [...]

Appeals court says no to online poker in Washington when it rejected Lee Rousso’s arguments that a 2006 law that forbids Internet gambling in the state violates the clause of the U.S. Constitution that gives the federal government the right to regulate interstate commerce. The unanimous decision by three judges of division I of the [...]