Poker, Law and Society

Here you will find stories relating to poker law, and how poker relates to society. Updates stories on the UIGEA, and all poker related legislation will also be found here, along with updates on the legal situation poker faces in countries all over the world.

• Online Poker is Winning the Media Battle

  November 02, 2009,

  If winning the battle in the media is a prelude to success in Congress for the argument to license and regulate online poker, then two recent articles are sure to help. Two high-profile newspapers have spoken out on the issue over the past few...

   

• Should Poker Put the Skill-Game Issue Aside?

  October 26, 2009,

  Ever since the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act was passed by Congress three years ago, poker advocates have been trying to distinguish poker from other forms of gambling as a skill game.

   

• Australian Productivity Commission Recommends Legalization of Online Gaming and Repeal of the Interactive Gambling Act

  October 23, 2009,

  In what looks like a big win for online poker The Australian Productivity commission, the Australian Federal Government's independent advisory for the body on microeconomic reform today released a draft report supporting the managed liberalization...

   

• Full Tilt Poker Software Partners Win Two Cases

  October 23, 2009,

  Full Tilt Poker and its software providers have had their share of legal battles over the last year, but the online site and its partners continue to remain unscathed after two lawsuits against the site's software providers recently came to a close...

   

• Federally Regulated Online Gaming May Take Years to Materialize

  October 19, 2009,

  It's time for people to lower expectations on when licensed and regulated Internet poker will be available in the United States. It's not going to be this year. It probably won't be next year. But it likely will happen eventually, at the...

   

• Poker Player Alliance Files Petition to Delay UIGEA Compliance

  October 12, 2009,

  With the date of compliance for the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act less than two months away and legislation to push back enforcement failing to make progress in Congress, the Poker Players Alliance is trying a new method to delay the...

   

• What the Future Could Look Like for Online Poker

  October 06, 2009,

  A future in which online poker is legalized and regulated is the ultimate objective of the Poker Players Alliance. It's a common goal that has famous poker professionals and amateurs alike making trips to Washington D.C. to meet with their...

   

• A New Strategy for the Poker Players Alliance

  September 29, 2009,

  With the date for banks to comply with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act nearly two months away, the Poker Players Alliance is turning its full attention to delaying the regulations until legislation in Congress to legalize and regulate...

   

• Online Poker is Prepared For a Fight

  September 22, 2009,

  The U.S. Department of Justice likes to consider itself the heavyweight champion of the legal world. When it comes to getting in the ring, the DOJ has no concern for putting on a good show for the crowd. The DOJ wants to end the fight with one quick knock

   

• UltimateBet Parent Company Tokwiro In the Clear

  September 14, 2009,

  Although the naming of Russ Hamilton and other UltimateBet cheaters in the Kanawake Gaming Commission’s (KGC) decision on the 2008 UltimtateBet cheating scandal stole the show, the exoneration of Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, parent company of UB, is...

   

• A Closer Look at the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling

  September 14, 2009,

  There has been some confusion as to what positives -- if any -- could be taken out of the decision by the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals two weeks ago to uphold the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

   

• Russ Hamilton Named Largest Beneficiary in Ultimate Bet Cheating Scandal, 31 Others Remain Unnamed

  September 11, 2009,

  The Kahnawake Gaming Commission today announced the release of the Commission's final decision in regards to the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal resulting in a $1.5 million fine, as well as reimbursement of $22 million to affected Ultimate Bet...

   

• Morongo Tribe Backs Down from Intrastate Poker For the Moment

  September 09, 2009,

  According to a recent article by Debra Gruszecki, a writer for the Palm Springs-based Desert Sun, the Morongo Band of Mission Indians has backed off of its position to legalize online poker in California. Originally, the Morongo tribe was working...

   

• An Important Few Months for Online Poker Legislation

  September 08, 2009,

  Congress returns to session today for what figures to be an important few months in determining the future of online poker. The most interesting bill to watch will be Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and...

   

• Banks Prepping for December

  August 31, 2009,

  Notes sent out by banks in August serve as a warning about the overblocking that could be coming in December, when the penalties established by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act go into

   

• The Fight to Legalize Online Poker in United States Continues

  August 24, 2009,

  The poker resistance, led by the Poker Players Alliance and the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association, would like nothing more than the opportunity to argue in a United States court that poker is a game of skill and its online play...

   

• Online Poker Facing Opposition in California

  August 21, 2009,

  According to a recent EGRmagazine.com report, California is still a good ways off from having intrastate online poker. Although the Morongo Tribe and several card clubs have joined forces to push the bill in the financially desperate state, but it...

   

• U.K. Online Gambling Firms Ante Up to Change US Law

  August 19, 2009,

  According to a recent report in the British newspaper The Telegraph, U.K. gaming companies have stepped up their effort to see online gaming legalized in the United States. Apparently Sportingbet, Pokerstars and PartyGaming are involved and the hav...

   

• Poker TV Producer Loses Case Against Phil Gordon

  August 18, 2009,

  According to Courthousenews.com, a federal judge in Manhattan has sided with former Celebrity Poker commentator and Team Full Tilt member Phil Gordon after television producer Tony DeRosa-Grund failed to provide evidence supporting his case against...

   

• IMEGA Hopeful for UIGEA to be Overturned

  August 17, 2009,

  The Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association is waiting for a decision that could overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. iMEGA went to bat for online poker by challenging the UIGEA in front of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of

   

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