• daily_news
    25 March 2019

    DoJ files motion to dismiss NH Wire Act challenge

    The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has filed a motion to dismiss the complaints filed against its revised stance on the Wire Act on behalf of the New Hampshire Lottery Corporation and NeoPollard Interactive.

  • news_analysis
    7 March 2019

    State of the union: DoJ extends Wire act deadline and more

    This week's State of the Union focuses on the DoJ’s decision to extend its deadline for gaming companies to comply with its revised stance on the Wire Act. Also included this week are legislative developments in New York, Minnesota, Georgia and more.

  • news_analysis
    30 January 2019

    Revising the Wire Act: What does it mean for you? Part 2

    In the second part of iGaming Business' deep dive into the revised Wire Act opinion, ICE Sports Betting USA speakers stress the need for clarity from the Department of Justice as they look to work out the best way to interpret the ruling.

  • daily_news
    21 January 2019

    AGA allays concerns over US DoJ Wire Act opinion

    The American Gaming Association (AGA) has attempted to address concerns over the US Department of Justice's revised opinion on the Wire Act by insisting that states and tribes are still able to offer regulated online gaming.

  • daily_news
    19 August 2016

    ‘Bad actor’ PokerStars faces five-year California ban

    PokerStars is set to be banned from California for a further five years beyond the legalisation of online poker under an amended bill that could be voted on as soon as next week.

  • daily_news
    7 November 2014

    Californian tribe to defy state law with online gaming site

    Native American tribe, the IIpay Nation of Santa Ysabela, has defied Californian internet gambling law by launching its own real-money online gaming website in the US state.

  • daily_news
    22 August 2014

    Tribal online poker to launch in California next week

    The Santa Ysabel Tribal Development Corporation has announced that it will launch its real-money online poker service in the US state of California next week, according to various reports.

  • news_analysis
    1 July 2014

    Vested interests, Stars and California

    Arguments in favour of including a bad actor clause in California's iPoker legislation are clearly driven by interests vested in keeping PokerStars out and based on an arbitrary 2006 cutoff date, writes online gaming consultant Matt Kaufman, but he still doesn’t see it ending well for poker’s global giant.

  • press_releases
    22 January 2014

    Las Vegas Sands and Caesars Leaders to Debate

    The iGaming North America Conference  announced today that two titans of the gaming industry will help kick-off the 2014 Conference as the featured speakers for the show's annual Visionaries Session.  The session, entitled “Is iGaming the Problem or the Solution?” will undoubtedly offer widely divergent views regarding the opportunities and threats of iGaming in the US.

  • article
    2 February 2012

    Politics, Not Policy

    Contrasting the recent regulatory hearings held by the Nevada gaming regulators and the first Internet gambling conference held in Washington DC in 1998 is pretty simple.