NJ.com – A township woman has been charged for attempting to avoid paying her gambling debts by claiming her identity was stolen, police said. Diana Zolla, 31, alerted authorities in January that someone had created an online gambling account using her maiden name and lost $9,565, state police announced in a news release today. By reviewing banking, online gambling and internet service provider records, authorities determined Zolla was the one who created the account, police said. She was arrested and charged with theft by deception on April 30. Zolla was released pending an appearance at Atlantic County Superior Court. SOURCE

NJ 105.5 – New Jersey’s bid to legalize sports gambling has endured defeat after defeat in the courts, but one big winner has emerged, at taxpayer expense – the law firm hired to help Gov. Chris Christie defend a lawsuit filed by the four major pro sports leagues and the NCAA. The firm – Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher – is the same one Christie hired, also with public money, to investigate the George Washington Bridge lane-closing scandal that is plaguing his administration. According to figures obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request, Gibson Dunn billed the state…

iGaming Business – US operator Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) has completed the launch of real-money slot titles from land-based, online, mobile and social games developer High 5 Games on its CaesarsCasino.com platform in the US state of New Jersey. The deal, which will see High 5 Games become CIE’s first online gaming partner in the state, will enable CaesarsCasino.com customers in New Jersey to access titles such as ‘Dangerous Beauty’ and ‘Jaguar Princess’. High 5 Games also said 34 more of its “premium” games would be made available on the CaesarsCasino.com platform by the third quarter of 2014. The announcement…

Press of Atlantic City – Offshore online gambling companies are trying to cash in on New Jersey’s recent legalization of Internet betting. State regulators won’t name any of the companies in question or definite how many there are, but say they’re aware of the issue. The offshore companies are attempting to entice New Jersey residents into playing on their sites without having received proper licensure from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, officials said. Online wagering launched in November 2013. State law requires that online gambling companies must receive approval from the division and must reach a partnership with…

North Jersey – State Democratic leaders on Wednesday denounced a proposed Congressional ban of online gaming that would roll back the 2013 legalization of such games by New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware while also barring the other 47 states from enacting such legislation. New Jersey Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto, D-Secaucus, said in a press release that online gaming “is clearly an issue best left for the states to decide and regulate.” While Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein of California are sponsors of a recent bill to ban the gambling, state Senate President Stephen…

North Jersey – On any given Sunday, Mike Azzaro — or mikeycasino, as he’s known online — will travel from his home in Yonkers, N.Y., to a Ramsey hotel room for the night. The reason is not glamorous, but it is profitable: Azzaro, 27, is a professional poker player. Of the online players who have signed up to play in New Jersey at PartyPoker.com, 15 percent don’t live in the state. You must be within New Jersey’s borders to play, but residency isn’t required. That so many out-of-state players are traveling to New Jersey — call it “poker tourism” —…