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Card Player – On Tuesday, lottery officials in the state of Massachusetts reportedly asked lawmakers to say OK to it testing the viability of offering Internet gambling. Massachusetts is in the middle of figuring out who should be able to build new Las Vegas-style casinos in the state, one in three geographical regions. “We are not proposing to offer these games to our players with an actual cash transaction, nor are we seeking any appropriation to fund such operations,” Lottery Assistant Executive Director Beth Bresnahan told the Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure, according to reporting from State House…

Card Player – Last week, the Poker Players Alliance announced that it had spoken with the federal government and found out that $82 million worth of repayments had been approved. The feds hired Garden City Group — the claims administrator in the Full Tilt Poker case — to assist in the massive process. The firm was brought on in March 2013. Not long after the PPA announcement, Garden City Group issued a statement on its website, providing more details on a timeline for when the first $1 of money belonging to the U.S. victims of Full Tilt Poker would reach…

Poker News – A letter to support a ban on online poker being pushed by attorney generals from three states at the behest of Las Vegas Sands chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson already has 10 signatures, and the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is making an aggressive effort to prevent the letter from gaining any further momentum. “We’re working overtime to make sure the letters don’t gain momentum among state AGs,” PPA executive director John Pappas said. “We understand 10 have signed already, and we’re hoping we can change their minds as well. It’s an odd thing for a state AG…

Online Poker Reports – According to reports from players on multiple forums, the Merge Poker Network is shutting down accounts of players located in New Jersey and Delaware. Merge is home to a number of individual poker sites, most notably Carbon Poker. I contacted Carbon Poker support and was told that “Regrettably, we no longer offer online gaming services to members in New Jersey and Delaware. This decision was made after much consideration.” Support confirmed that it’s not simply a matter of new accounts being refused, but that existing accounts are also being closed. Players on Poker.org and TwoPlusTwo both recounted their…

Is poker a skill game? Well, it scored yet another goal in Holland in a match against the state’s punitive Gambling Act. In 2010, poker player and tournament organizer Steve van Zadelhoff won a case in court stating that poker is not a game of chance, but a game of skill. Four years later, ‘the game of skill’ has won another battle against ‘the game of chance.’ According to NL Times, three men were acquitted by the Amsterdam court after being charged of violating the Gambling Act. Seven years ago, the three men were caught organizing a live poker tournament….