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.

• UNC 'Hold Em For Hunger' Fundraiser Canceled

  March 23, 2008,

  Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were disappointed recently when the school's 'Hold Em For Hunger' charity poker tournament was canceled due to legal concerns that the tournament would break state...

   

• Massachusetts House Defeats Casino Bill Banning Online Poker

  March 22, 2008,

  The controversial Massachusetts bill that would allow three resort-style casinos while criminalizing online gambling was defeated by a House vote of 106-48 on Thursday. Defeating the proposed bill by Governor Deval Patrick had become...

   

• Massachusetts Casino Bill Receives Negative Committee Recommendation

  March 20, 2008,

  Wednesday, the Massachusetts House Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies voted 10-8 to reject Governor Deval Patrick's proposed bill to build three casinos and criminalize online poker in the state...

   

• Swedish Decision Halts Net Gambling Media Prosecutions

  March 17, 2008,

  A decision by an agency within Sweden's Prosecution Authority has been made to halt prosecutions against Swedish media companies who accept advertising from Internet gambling services. The new court order, issued by UC Malmö...

   

• US Congressman DeFazio Calls for Release of WTO GATS Settlement Terms

  March 13, 2008,

  U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) has written a letter to other members of Congress urging them to join him in demanding that the US Trade Representative office make public the terms of the agreements it reached with other countries...

   

• Poker News Bytes, March 12, 2008

  March 12, 2008,

  Costa Rica has reached a settlement with the US regarding Costa Rica's outstanding claim as an affected party in the WTO judgment received by Antigua and Barbuda against the US. Antigua's WTO judgment ($21M annually) concerned access...

   

• Opinion: Is Another UIGEA Really the Answer for Canadian Horseracing?

  March 11, 2008,

  In what some are interpreting as a monopoly grab for the country's gambling market, the Canadian horseracing industry is pressuring the government to pass UIGEA-like legislation in an attempt to ban Internet gaming. Last week...

   

• European Commission Launches Probe into UIGEA Fairness

  March 10, 2008,

  The European Commission, the legal arm of the European Union, announced on Monday the launching of a probe into United States rules preventing European gambling companies from offering their services to American customers. The probe...

   

• UIGEA Update: Proposed Regulations Rile American Banking Association

  March 09, 2008,

  A couple of weeks ago, a letter by Republican Senators John E. Sununu (NH) and Pete Domenici (NM) to the heads of the Treasury and Federal Reserve brought attention to the serious implementation concerns America's banking industry...

   

• UIGEA Update: iMEGA Challenge Dismissed but Legal Standing Granted

  March 07, 2008,

  An action brought by the Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) against the US federal government, seeking an injunction against implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act (UIGEA)...

   

• Delaware Trooper Arrested Following Poker Game Robbery

  March 05, 2008,

  A Delaware State Police trooper has been arrested following an armed robbery of a 'high stakes' poker game at a Dover-area country club. Authorities arrested HyunJin Kim, 27, of Dover on Monday and charged him with 11 counts, including...

   

• European Commission Blocks French UIGEA-style Decree

  March 04, 2008,

  A detailed opinion reportedly issued by the European Commission, the legal arm of the European Union, will temporarily block France from implementing a UIGEA-like draft decree designed to block payments made to online gambling firms...

   

• Greece, Netherlands Draw EU Ire over Internet Gambling Market Restrictions

  March 03, 2008,

  Two more European Union member nations have drawn unwanted attention to themselves regarding restricted access to the online-gambling market, a practice counter to the trade mandates of the EU. On Thursday, the EU issued...

   

• Senators Sununu, Domenici Ask for UIGEA Implementation Clarifications

  February 29, 2008,

  Republican Senators John E. Sununu (NH) and Pete Domenici (NM) recently sent a letter to the U.S. Treasury and the Federal Reserve System highlighting perceived difficulties with implementing the United States' unpopular Unlawful...

   

• Proposed California Bill to Determine Online Poker Legality

  February 23, 2008,

  Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, D-Van Nuys, has introduced a bill in California that will study the legality of intrastate online poker in California. The bill is designed to evaluate the potential for California to establish and...

   

• Florida Man Charged with Killing Three Over Poker Game

  February 21, 2008,

  A Florida man was charged with three counts of first degree murder in the deaths of three men last weekend. According to the Putnam County Sheriffs Office, after believing that he had been cheated during a private poker game...

   

• GPSTS Announces Spring Schedule

  February 19, 2008,

  The Harvard-based Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society has begun to release its schedule of events for the spring semester. While a few events remain tentative and officially unannounced, the GPSTS's already confirmed lineup shows...

   

• Harvard Professor Joins Panel on Trade and US Online Gambling

  February 12, 2008,

  Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson will be joining a panel of experts today in London for a seminar entitled 'Bush Administration's Criminalization of Online Gaming and the Implication for Global Free Trade.' Other participants...

   

• Netherlands Official Blocks Vote on Exclusive Holland Gaming License

  February 09, 2008,

  A Dutch government official has postponed a vote in that country's Senate that would have granted the Netherlands-owned Holland Casino a temporary, exclusive online gaming license. The official, Minister of Justice Hirsch Ballin, cited...

   

• Austria Launches State-Run Online Poker Room

  February 08, 2008,

  Austria has joined Sweden as one of the only two governments currently offering a state-run online poker room with the launch of its new poker site at win2day.at. The Austrian room, which went live yesterday, was developed with...

   

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