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Harry Reid pushing to legalize online poker for American casinos, horse tracksReply
My first impression was this for, Poker , horses and slots.....
Dec 8, 2010, 8:05 pm - sully16 - Lottery News

Judge Rejects Men's Claim To $100K Lottery PrizeReply
Not unless they renamed them Hold 'Em Poker scratch-off tickets .
Jul 11, 2005, 4:12 pm - Todd - Lottery News

U.S. teens hit by poker craze epidemicNews Story
More teenagers have started staying home and working on math skills: calculating percentages, identifying patterns, adding and subtracting. They're playing poker Texas Hold 'em. It's probably the hottest craze with teenages going on at this time. There's probably not another activity that they're interested in that's going on right now more than poker-tournament playing, said Pat Fowler, director of the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling.Since televised Texas Hold 'em tournaments have beco
Oct 4, 2004, 3:40 pm - Todd - Lottery News

Experts: Online-Gambling Ban Won't WorkNews Story
Gamblers may look over their shoulder now, but experts say a new Internet gambling ban won't keep bettors from ponying up, just turn them on to overseas payment services out of the law's reach. It has put a terrible scare into people, said I. Nelson Rose, who teaches gambling law at Whittier Law School. But it won't by any means wipe out Internet gambling. The fright swept through the $12 billion industry on the heels of the recent arrests of two gambling company executives and a new l
Nov 12, 2006, 9:08 am - Todd - Lottery News

Lotteries a threat to federal Web poker bill?Reply
Lotteries a threat to federal Web poker bill? Who I'll vote for 5 or 6 times on November 6 has no relevance to this topic. The Poker Players Alliance goal is to make it legal for U.S. poker players to deposit funds into an online account and play poker on the Internet in the privacy of their homes. If state lotteries offer online poker, the PPA has accomplished part of their goal, but Federal legislation is still the main goal because the lotteries will restrict their play to state resid
Oct 10, 2012, 9:54 pm - Stack47 - Lottery News

Online poker sites settle U.S. lawsuit for $731 millionNews Story
The Department of Justice announced a $731 million settlement Tuesday with online poker companies PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker to resolve bank fraud and money laundering allegations. Full Tilt also resolved allegations that it operated a Ponzi scheme, failing to maintain sufficient funds on deposit for players to withdraw. Prosecutors said last year that Full Tilt had used more than $400 million worth of player funds to pay board members and other owners since 2007. As part of Tuesday's
Aug 1, 2012, 6:42 am - Todd - Lottery News

Oregon pays lottery sites larger share, audit findsNews Story
Leaders say the report shows retailers' portion of proceeds should be cut, but a lobbyist disagreesThe Oregon State Lottery pays retailers a bigger cut than similar operations do, a state auditors' report says, a finding that could bolster a long-standing drive to lower the compensation that bars and taverns get for carrying video poker machines.Oregon retailers receive on average 32 percent of the net proceeds from video poker -- about $159 million last fiscal year -- according to the report re
Jan 30, 2004, 6:50 am - Todd - Lottery News

House GOP pushes for gamblingNews Story
Republican leaders of the Alaska state House are pushing ahead on video poker and a state lottery and are pointing to a new poll as evidence that Alaskans are interested in more gambling. This latest poll shows that Alaskans have basically changed their attitude, said House Speaker Pete Kott, a Republican from Eagle River.But less than half the people surveyed by the recent poll supported video gambling initially. It was only after the pollster read them pro-gambling information that support fo
Nov 13, 2003, 5:20 am - Todd - Lottery News

Some players confused by new Michigan Lottery poker gameNews Story
It debuted Oct. 19, but Poker Lotto, a new daily lottery drawing by the Michigan Lottery, is still trying to gain the attention and understanding among lottery players. It has created a little confusion, too, said lottery officials. It's so new that we're getting so many calls in Lansing, said Gretchen Villareal of the Michigan Lottery. People are not grasping the concept of instant wins and the nightly draw. How to play Poker Lotto is a new nightly game where players use easy pic
Nov 3, 2013, 3:33 pm - Todd - Lottery News

IGT prevails in DOJ lawsuit; Wire Act only applies to sports bettingNews Story
Lotteries and poker are not controlled by Wire Act A fight spanning more than a decade over varying interpretations of the Interstate Wire Act of 1961 may finally be reaching its end after a Rhode Island District Court judge ruled that the US Department of Justice must formally state that the law only applies to sports betting. The ruling, a significant victory for online poker in the US, was made in a November 2021 lawsuit filed by International Game Technology (IGT) against the DOJ in
Sep 24, 2022, 9:26 am - Todd - Lottery News