According to an email sent out by Mark Bryan, a gaming analyst at Merrill Lynch, the Australian government plans to legalize online poker sometime in the next six to 12 months. This move will coincide with a relaxation of other online betting restrictions, such as “in-play” live bets (bets made after the event has already [...]

Spain’s new cash-strapped, conservative government is now demanding that online poker license applicants pay backdated taxes for their last 4 years of operation within Spain. This abrupt ultimatum comes just weeks before the first licenses were slated to be issued on June 1st. It has been reported that Pokerstars is facing a €200 million tax [...]

Internet service providers in Belgium have been ordered to block traffic to several of the most popular online poker sites, including Bwin, Betfair, Betsson, and William Hill.

On Thursday, the Regulatory Oversight and Gambling Committee of New Jersey voted 3-1 (with one member abstaining) in favor of sending an online gaming bill (A2578) to a vote at the full Assembly. This is a good step forward for those in favor of online gambling in New Jersey. Bill A2578 is worded such that [...]

Legislatures in New Jersey are continuing their support for a bill which would legalize online gaming within their borders.

The misdemeanor guilty plea of John Campos, the former head of a bank with Black Friday ties, has been accepted by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

The Alderney Gaming Control Commission, or AGCC, has declared it will hold a public hearing pertaining to grant Full Tilt Poker a gaming license. This follows the news of the new company in Ireland founded by Tapie called New Full Tilt Limited, as well as Pocket Kings (a Full Tilt company) hiring new employees for [...]

Former Full Tilt Poker execs Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer have been named in a new class action lawsuit.

After the first attempt at legalizing poker within the state of New Jersey failed last year, sponsor Raymond Lesniak has helped the new Senate Bill 1565 get over the first few hurdles on its way to becoming law. In March of 2011, Republican Governor Chris Christie vetoed the first incarnation of the New Jersey internet [...]

Officials in the state of New Jersey have given a preliminary nod to a new online gambling bill.