South Carolina May Legalize Home Games

South Carolina has been historically opposed to all forms of gambling, with laws dating back over two centuries outlawing any and all forms of gambling, including poker. However, in the wake of a recent court case declaring poker a game of skill, the state’s stance...

DoJ Suppress Anti-UIGEA Evidence

A number of potentially important, and in one case scandalous, developments have been taking place in the fight to legalize online poker in the United States. Law makers and industry groups are slowly massing behind the idea that a legalized regulated online poker...

Poker is a Game of Skill, Not Chance

Washington, DC (February 19, 2009) –The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide (nearly 10,000 in South Carolina), today expressed cautious optimism with a ruling in the Mount Pleasant,...

Poker On the Road to Legality

Recent decisions in Massachusetts appear to have set the ball rolling for the recovery of online poker in the United States. Barney Frank’s efforts in Washington are beginning to bear fruit, and a number of landmark cases deeming poker a game of skill have taken...

The Jury's In: Poker Is A Game Of Skill

Hard on the heels of a similar ruling in Pennsylvania comes another court decision in Colorado that the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) says further builds the case that poker is a game of skill, not chance. In Colorado v. Kevin Raley, a jury found the organizer of a...

Kentucky to Appeal Domain Seizure Ruling

This past Tuesday the Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled in favor of poker in a case that threatened to upturn the entire industry. Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear, and his staff, were attempting to seize 141 gambling domain names, effectively restricting access to them...

Good News in Pennsylvania Poker Case

“The Court finds that Texas Hold’em poker is a game where skill predominates over chance. Thus, it is not ‘unlawful gambling’ under the Pennsylvania Code.” That was the order of Columbia County, Pennsylvania Judge Thomas James. The case included two defendants, Walter...

Court of Appeals Hears Kentucky Case

A panel of three judges heard arguments yesterday concerning the seizure of poker site domain names by the Governor of Kentucky and his staff.  The Kentucky Court of Appeals will now consider and decide upon whether or not a state has legal jurisdiction to seize the...

Norway To Ban Online Poker

The taint of the UIGEA looks set to spread further around the world, after the Norwegian parliament approved regulations that would effectively ban online poker. The United States’ ‘Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act’ made it illegal for...

Common Sense 1 – Silly Lawsuits 0

In 2004, back when Internet Poker was much more in the clear in the United States, two citizens of California filed a lawsuit against some of the usual advertising suspects. The suit specifically named 13 defendants including Yahoo!, Google, CNET Networks,...

Move to Legalize Poker in Texas

After time ran out on him last year, Texas state legislator Jose Menendez has reintroduced a new bill to legalize and regulate poker in the state of Texas.  The new bill, The Poker Gaming Act of 2009 (HB 222), contains many of the same aspects as his previous bill...

DO YOUR PART TO SAVE ONLINE POKER

I’m not sure how many people will even come across this blog but please do your part in saving online poker.  Once again a small group of people are taking it upon themselves to pass last-minute legislation that will damage our rights as Americans.  There are...

Payments System Protection Act Failed

H.R. 5767, the Payments System Protection Act, failed Wednesday in the House Financial Services Committee. H.R. 5767, introduced by Representatives Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ron Paul (R-Tex.), was intended to stop the implementation of regulations enforcing the 2006...

No Help in State of Washington

If you happen to live in the state of Washington, an important ruling came down today at the hands of a King County Superior Court judge. She ruled that playing poker for money online is still illegal in this state. Lee Rousso, a local attorney and poker player said...

Casino Runs Tribe Members Out of Town

The Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino, owned and operated by the Picayune Chukchanski Indian Tribe, is apparently causing tribal members to get kicked out of their own tribe. The cause of this member removal is because other tribal members are becoming too greedy over...

South Carolina Poker Bill Rejected

There seemed to be an increase in the light at the end of the tunnel for poker players when South Carolina Representative Wallace Scarborough introduced a bill that would reverse a 200 year old law making card and dice games illegal.  Scarborough drafted the bill...

Online gambling banned in Germany

In what has to be seen as a bit of a bad omen to start the year off in online poker, Germany has effectively banned online gambling in their country. This came as a surprise to many seeing as in November a ruling went against an online gambling ban occuring in...

Bill Proposals to Modify UIGEA

With the passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in late September of 2006, many felt a great injustice had been done. Those who felt strongly about it have been doing what they can to undo the wrong that’s been set forth. Robert Wexler, a...