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.

• PartyGaming Co-founder Anurag Dikshit Settles with US Department of Justice

  December 16, 2008,

  PartyGaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit agreed to a plea deal with the United States Department of Justice on Tuesday, in accordance with reports published over the past 24 hours. The terms of the agreement found Dikshit pleading...

   

• PartyGaming Releases Statement Regarding Dikshit / US DoJ Settlement Reports

  December 16, 2008,

  Reports late Monday by UK business stalwart 'The Financial Times' have led PartyGaming to issue a release today clarifying the company's ongoing negotiations with the United States Department of Justice. According to the...

   

• PartyGaming Founder Anurag Dikshit Reported to Settle with US Authorities

  December 15, 2008,

  Several UK services have broken the news that PartyGaming co-founder Anurag Dikshit has agreed to plead guilty to one or more charges relating to illegal online wagering, and pay US authorities a massive fine reported...

   

• Arguments Heard in Kentucky Appellate Hearing on Domain Seizures

  December 13, 2008,

  A three-judge appellate panel heard arguments in Louisville on Friday surrounding the Commonwealth of Kentucky's court-ordered seizure of 141 Internet domain names connected to online gambling. Many prominent online poker sites...

   

• PPA Targets DC Officials with Gambling-Regulation Print Ads

  December 12, 2008,

  The Poker Players Alliance has completed a print advertising campaign that promotes its call for US federal regulation of online poker and targets politicians and federal officials in the Washington D.C. area. The PPA's ad...

   

• KGC, PPA Issue Statements Following '60 Minutes' and Washington Post Exposés

  December 01, 2008,

  Following a widely anticipated segment from '60 Minutes' and two articles in the Washington Post covering the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet online poker cheating scandals, both the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC)...

   

• Absolute Poker, UltimateBet Scandals Featured in '60 Minutes', Washington Post Pieces

  December 01, 2008,

  A cooperative mainstream investigatory piece offering an overview of the Absolute Poker and UltimateBet insider cheating scandals was aired by '60 Minutes' and published by the Washington Post on Sunday, though it shed little...

   

• Politics and Poker: Transition Team -- Why Richardson Rocks

  November 29, 2008,

  Some say (though I hate that as an opening line), that New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson losing the Secretary of State post to 'Billary' is a huge personal blow and being offered Commerce Secretary is the consolation prize...

   

• Menendez Re-introduces Legislation to Expand Texas Poker

  November 23, 2008,

  Texas State Representative Jose Menendez (D-San Antonio) has reintroduced legislation designed to expand poker's availability in the state that gave poker's currently most popular variant its name. Menendez, who championed...

   

• Dutch Officials Tussle over Online Gambling Legality

  November 22, 2008,

  Efforts by Holland's Justice Ministry to move forward with UIGEA-style prohibitions against non-state-sanctioned online gambling businesses are running into opposition from the Dutch banking industry, which wants little...

   

• Politics and Poker: Fed Rules, Schmules

  November 19, 2008,

  Yes, the Fed has published final rules set to go into effect the day before President Barack Obama takes office. Yes, he is a noted poker player. Yes, were this any other time in history, he would likely rule favorably and move...

   

• Stay Granted in Kentucky Domain-name Seizure

  November 16, 2008,

  A stay has been granted until December 12th by a Kentucky appeals court as the battle over the attempted seizure of Internet domain names associated with various forms of online gambling continues. The motion to stay was filed...

   

• US Treasury, Federal Reserve Publish UIGEA Rules

  November 12, 2008,

  In a highly controversial move pushed through in the waning days of the Bush administration, officials at the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve today formally published rules and procedures as called for by the 2006 Unlawful Internet...

   

• US Government Files Brief in iMEGA UIGEA Challenge

  November 03, 2008,

  The US Department of Justice filed a brief late last week in connection with the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association's ongoing challenge to the United States' Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act...

   

• Microgaming Reinstitutes Partial US Block

  October 31, 2008,

  Citing US laws that it termed as 'already on the books but not being enforced,' online software network Microgaming yesterday reimplemented a block of customers in 13 US States and the District of Columbia. Besides DC, the...

   

• iMEGA Files Petition for Dismissal in Kentucky Appeals Court

  October 28, 2008,

  Following the decision of a Kentucky Circuit Court to uphold an initial seizure order affecting 141 Internet domain names connected to various forms of online gaming, one of the interested parties in the case, the Interactive Media...

   

• Free Poker League Sues NY State Over Gambling Restrictions

  October 28, 2008,

  Bar poker leagues, which often host tournament poker events free to the public as a means of generating business, have become an increasing phenomenon across the nation. Free Poker Experience LLC, a Missouri-based company...

   

• Kentucky Court Affirms Seizure of Poker Domain Names

  October 16, 2008,

  A Kentucky Circuit Court judge has dismissed all objections brought by representatives of as many as 141 Internet domain names subject to seizure and forfeiture to the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the result of an order issued by...

   

• Dutch Professor Cites Poker as Skill Game

  October 07, 2008,

  Using a formula which has been part of the Dutch government's official determination for games of skill when compared to games of chance, Dutch mathematics professor Ben van der Genugten has criticized the Netherlands' official...

   

• Opinion: Inside the 'Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act'

  October 04, 2008,

  The recent introduction of the Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act of 2008 by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is important for its specific mention of online poker as a game needing protecting in the form of definition...

   

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