This Week in Gambling

As the year closes, we can see a number of poker news stories made attention-grabbing headlines in 2018. However, just like we did last year, US Poker has boiled it down to an easily digestible top five, aimed at pleasing your poker palate. Here’s US Poker’s Top 5 Biggest Poker Stories of 2018, starting with number five,the launch of shared liquidity. Considering May 1, 2018 marked the biggest day for online poker since Black Friday, this story should have been higher up on this list. It was the day tri-state shared liquidity launched. The day the pooling of players from…

The Department of Justice is preparing an opinion that will likely reverse their previous Wire Act opinion, and state that the act applies to all forms of online gambling… not just sports betting. Online Poker Report learned that the new opinion could come down before the New Year. The exact content of the opinion is unknown, and OPR has not seen the actual opinion. It’s also not a guarantee that the opinion is ultimately issued. The news also comes amid reports that a pair of senators are planning to introduce sports betting legislation as soon as today. That legislation would…

A pair of U.S. senators from opposing parties is proposing a Federal oversight of sports betting in order to take back control of the activity in America. This is the first formal move by Congress after a Supreme Court ruling reopened a complex debate over fans betting on games and who controls the action. Several states have begun offering sports betting after New Jersey won a long-fought challenge in May, and many others are expected to take up the issue during new legislative sessions in 2019 as a way to generate millions in revenue. The federal bill introduced Wednesday by Sen….

Michigan online gambling seemed close in as the final few hours ticked off the 2018 legislative clock. Lawmakers in the state passed a bill that would legalize Internet gambling within the state, and now only a signature stands in the way of the 5th state with regulated online gambling. The proposal from Rep. Brandt Iden was among the dozens and dozens of bills considered during the final scheduled session on Thursday. Facing a seemingly endless to-do list, the process spilled over into a bonus Friday of lawmaking. The “lawful internet gaming act” cleared one Senate committee and both chambers over…

Pennsylvania iGaming has helped generate $400 million for the state. The gambling expansion package passed by the legislature in 2017 paved the way for online lottery sales, daily fantasy sports, iGaming and sports betting which have now yielded more than $1 million per day in revenue. The analysis of the market by the US gambling news portal PlayUSA has calculated the figure using official statistics for license application fees, and estimates based on online lottery, keno and virtual sports sales. The state has collected an estimated $23 million from online lottery games, which went live in June 2018. This comprises…

The DraftKings Online Casino New Jersey has officially launched! The former (and current) daily fantasy sports leader has transitioned into an omni-channel, multi-vertical powerhouse with serious ambitions for more. Just a few months after debuting DraftKings Sports book in New Jersey, the company has launched the first phase of its online casino platform. DraftKings Casino is now incorporated into the existing sports book app. Blackjack is the only game available on DraftKings Casino at the time of writing, more games will follow. And while this is certainly welcomed news, DraftKings’ entry into online casinos is not a complete surprise. New Jersey…