It’s our last show of the year, so we update some of the biggest gambling news stories from 2019. Topics include Pennsylvania online poker, the Department of Justice Wire Act opinion, and the expansion of sports betting! Hello friends, and welcome to This Week in Gambling! Our last show of the year before I take some much-deserved time off! And hey, what better way to say goodbye to 2019 than to look back at this year’s biggest gambling news stories? After a long wait, Pennsylvania online poker finally arrived. Now just over a month after the launch, PokerStars has blown…

It’s happened. A player has been suspended for betting on NFL games. The National Football League had always opposed sports betting, in part based on their concerns that players would do this. And as far fetched as it sounds that an athlete making millions would risk their career on such a move, it’s now happened. Josh Shaw of the Arizona Cardinals placed bets on NFL games while he was in Las Vegas earlier this year. He was not playing in those games, there was no inside information used, and no games were compromised. Still, the NFL has taken swift and…

This week’s show explains the working of the new California sports betting proposal from Native American gaming interests. Tribes in the state have initiated a push for regulated the activity, and the legislature has set up a date to review the idea! Tribal gaming would like the state to legalize betting on sports, so long as the bets are placed in their casinos. We also have sports betting news from the NBA. Hello my friends and welcome to This Week in Gambling our last show before we take a break for the Thanksgiving holiday. This week we find that California…

The Department of Justice appeal for online gambling and the Wire Act is almost upon us! The DOJ seems to thinks that the Act criminalizes interstate internet gambling and poker! Even after a Federal Judge ruled against them! Now they are set to appeal that decision in a case that could go all the way to the Supreme Court! We also have a new interview to share, plus two new game reviews! Hello all you gorgeous people out there! J Todd here with This Week in Gambling for November 12 2019! A very important deadline for online gambling and the…

The long wait and guessing game is over! Pennsylvania online poker is finally here! PokerStars is officially up and running with the cooperation of the Mount Airy Casino! Plus, PartyPoker and 888 are not far behind! We also have a new gambling interview to share, plus news on Colorado sports betting. Hello players! What a time to be alive! We’ve got sports betting news from Colorado, and online poker news from Pennsylvania! And that, my friends, is this week’s big story! After years of guessing and months of waiting, PokerStars officially became the first internet poker site to go live…

We celebrate Halloween with scary gambling news from Harrah’s casino in Illinois! Plus, Facebook considers legal action over “brainwashing” casino customers! We also have a new game review, an update on sports betting in Washington, DC, and interview a homicidal clown! Hello friends! Happy Halloween! and welcome to This Week in Gambling, where we have spooky news from Harrah’s, and scary news from Facebook! Plus, any other contrived holiday cliche I can manage to fit into the program. Several weeks ago I shared a story with you about how one game manufacturer was adding facial recognition to some of their…