Friday, September 4, 2009
The US Court of Appeals recently ruled that the state of Delaware must comply with a federal ban on legalized sports gambling. When the state announced that it wanted to offer single-game wagering to residents, the leaders of Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League and the National Collegiate Athletic Administration all came out in opposition to the new law.
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Also tagged appeals, association, athletic, eric holder, gambling, leaders, legal, national, nfl, sports, sportsbetting, state, the-state
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The team at GamblingPlanet is pleased to announce that US visitors will now be able to take full advantage of the Internet’s Number One Gambling Portal – GamblingPlanet.org.
Filed in Blackjack, Gambling News, Roulette
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Also tagged content-covering, extensive-resource, gambling, Gambling News, lifestyle, number, online gambling, online poker tournaments, uigea
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Last month a casino fire that resulted in 10 casualties drew new criticism in the Ukraine.
Filed in Gambling News, Reviews
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Also tagged casualties-drew, country, doors, gambling, gambling news, Gambling News, monday, new-criticism, ukraine, world, yushchenko
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Governor John Corzine has joined with the group that represents New Jersey’s state horse racing industry in a federal lawsuit that is attempting to overturn a law that keeps most states from offering sports wagers. read more
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Also tagged atlantic-city, corzine, federal-lawsuit, gambling news, Gambling News, governor, governor-john, horseracing, jersey, keeps-most, new jersey, racing-industry, sports, state-horse
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The sponsor of the Poker Gaming Act of 2009, also known as Texas House Bill 222, officially suspended debate and voting on the bill. State Representative Jose Menendez (D-San Antonio), allowed the bill to die on the House floor rather than have it vetoed by Texas Governor and aspiring US Republican Presidential candidate Rick Perry. read more
Looks like poker night is back on for thousands of card-loving South Carolina residents. After five poker buddies fell victim to an “unlawful gambling” raid in one of their homes, outraged citizens, concerned poker industry professionals, and some of the state’s more rational senators worked together to design and present South Carolina Senate Bills 535 and 628. Last week both bills passed the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee.
Filed in Gambling News, Poker
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Also tagged bills-passed, buddies-fell, concerned-poker, Gambling News, headlines, homes, like-poker, online poker legality, Poker, senators-worked, south caroline, south-carolina, their-homes
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The Delaware state senate acted rapidly yesterday to sanction a bill legalizing sports gambling. Governor Jack Markell’s anticipated approval remains the final step before the new bill becomes law. Rather than directing the bill to a committee for a debate, the senators voted to set aside those regulations and permitted the matter to be deliberated before the full Senate
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Also tagged before-the-full, before-the-new, bill-becomes, bill-legalizing, Gambling News, legal, senators, senators-voting, sportsbetting, state-senate, the-senators, the-twenty-one
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Harrah’s and ESPN have announced the broadcast schedule for the 2009 World Series of Poker.
Filed in Gambling News, Poker
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Also tagged beginning-july, business, champions, first-event, gambling news, Gambling News, legal-action, proposed, special, sports, the-broadcast, will-enable, world-series
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United States congressman Barney Frank will put forward a bill on Wednesday aimed undoing the current legal framework for online gambling in the US. According to Frank’s office and the language of the proposed legislation, licensed and regulated operators would be exempt from the 2006 ban, or UIGEA. Congressman Frank said that the bill “will enable Americans to bet online and put an end to an inappropriate interference with their personal freedom.” read more
