Washington Post – New Jersey is deadly serious about making sure anyone who gambles online once Internet betting begins this week is physically within the state. And the technology designed to ensure it may freeze some bettors out of the action unless they move farther away from the state’s borders. A key aspect of the law legalizing Internet gambling is that all the activity takes place within New Jersey’s borders. To comply with that, technology companies working with the Atlantic City casinos have erected so-called digital fencing near — but not exactly conforming to — the state’s borders. The result…

Poker News – According to The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative, a leading advocate for Internet gambling regulation, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2013 on Thursday. The federal bill, which ensures taxes and fees are collected within a regulated regime, serves as companion legislation to the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act of 2013, which was introduced earlier this year by Rep. Pete King (R-NY) to allow Internet gaming in a regulated federal environment. “With all of the fighting in DC over funding issues, you’d hope this opportunity…

Press of Atlantic City – When New Jersey enters the Internet gambling age this week, the move will mark the largest expansion of gambling since Atlantic City legalized casinos in 1978. It also means the state will launch the most complex and heavily trafficked online gambling industry to legally operate in the United States. With that comes challenges and learning experiences, industry leaders say. Most tout confidence in the protections offered to consumers but acknowledge that, moreso than any other state with legalized online gambling, New Jersey faces the task of constantly monitoring its borders and large commuter population. What’s…

The Australian – South Australia will seek co-operation from computer giant Apple to classify apps and other internet games that simulate gambling to help prevent access by children. The government plans to make it an offence to supply gambling apps or games to minors, making SA the first jurisdiction in Australia to do so. It will contact Apple about the move and says the computer company can comply with the new trading conditions to apply in South Australia. The government will also prepare a watch list of gambling-like apps and games so that parents can be better informed about what…

Washington Post – Billionaire casino magnate Shel­don Adelson, whose record-breaking campaign spending in 2012 made him an icon of the new super-donor era, is leveraging that newfound status in an escalating feud with industry rivals over the future of gambling. Adelson, best known for building upscale casino resorts in Nevada and more recently in Asia, wants to persuade Congress to ban Internet betting. He says the practice is a danger to society and could tarnish the industry’s traditional business model. Nearly all of his competitors, including Caesars Entertainment and MGM Resorts, disagree. They say regulated Internet gambling can be done…

Card Player – The Full Tilt remission process could come to a close for some during the first quarter of next year, according to the firm in charge of compensating former American players. The deadline for most victims to file a claim was this past Saturday, and on Friday Garden City Group released an important update on its site: There will be a limited extension to the November 16, 2013 filing deadline for players who are Affiliates and for certain players identified as Pros in the data supplied by Full Tilt Poker (“FTP”)…For players identified as Pros, it has been…