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College Township Welcomes Centre Region Satellite Casino
College Township is only 4.5 miles from State College, so the casino would create jobs for both cities. Four cities in the Centre Region of Pennsylvania have passed resolutions to ban satellite casinos, but College Township is not one of them. College Township...
Frank Pallone Introduces PASPA Repeal Called “GAME Act”
The GAME Act would repeal PASPA, but leave most other federal laws on sports betting intact. US Representative Frank Pallone (D-NJ) introduced a bill in the House of Representatives which would repeal the longstanding sports betting ban, the Professional and Amateur...
Ray Bitar’s Laundered Money Discovered by Guernsey Regulators
Though Ray Bitar escaped prison with complaints of a near-fatal heart condition in 2013-2014, he appeared healthy in this 2016 wedding photo. Working with the US Department of Justice, officials from the Isle of Guernsey this week discovered £9.5 million which...
New Jersey Assembly Passes Online Gambling for Racetracks
Monmouth Park in Oceanport would be the chief beneficiary of New Jersey racetrack-based Internet cafes. The New Jersey General Assembly passed an amendment to their 2013 online gambling bill that would allow the state’s horsetracks to launch online gambling...
Mark Emmert Says NCAA to Support State Sports Betting Bans
The NCAA would take the debate o individual states, where it doubtless would win a few political battles. Mark Emmert, President of the NCAA, said the collegiate sports organization will not embrace wagering on college sporting events, whether the US Supreme Court...
Poker Players Alliance Challenges New RAWA Efforts
UIGEA was attached to the Safe Port Act in 2006, because it did not have wide support. Graham and Feinstein want a broad interpretation of UIGEA, which is at odds with history. John Pappas of the Poker Players Alliance responded to efforts by U.S. Senator Lindsey...
Justice Anthony Kennedy Cites Commendeering in PASPA Hearing
Perennial swing vote Justice Anthony Kennedy said the PASPA law seemed like impermissible commandeering to him. With Gov. Chris Christie watching from the front row of the courtroom, New Jersey’s lawyer Ted Olson debated with U.S. Supreme Court justices that...
US Supreme Court Hears New Jersey Sports Betting Case Monday
Former US Solicitor General Ted Olson will argue on behalf of New Jersey before the Supreme Court on Monday. Oral arguments in New Jersey’s sports betting case before the U.S. Supreme Court begin on Monday. The case (“Christie v. NCAA”) pits lawyers...
Poker Central Launches ESP Gaming eSports Programming
Jeff Liboon was head of Amazon’s mobile gaming division before joining ESP Gaming in September. Poker Central acquired a sister site for eSports this week: ESP Gaming. The competitive gaming company is also a production company for eSports entertainment,...
College Football Wagers Beat NFL Bets at Vegas Sportsbooks
Betting on the BCS final four playoffs will match up against NFL playoff betting in early 2018. College football betting is overtaking NFL betting at Las Vegas sportsbooks this year. The trend is still emerging and anecdotal, but it appears to be tied in part to...
