Monthly Archives: June 2016

California online poker legislative shocker! Sun rises in east, sets in west

California’s online poker stakeholders remembered their lines this week, reacting exactly as one would expect them to following this week’s proposed amendments to the state’s latest online poker bill.

Seriously, we’re telling you upfront that this is not one of those ‘up is down, black is white’ stories. If you’re at all familiar with California’s online poker story to date, you need go no further. But if you truly have two or three minutes to spare, read on, Macduff…

The most notable tweak to Assemblyman Adam Gray’s AB 2863 bill was the new definition of a ‘bad actor’, i.e. a person or company that would be deemed unsuitable to participate in the state’s regulated online poker market.

Under Gray’s amended bill, the doors to California’s poker market would be barred to any company that took wagers from US citizens after Dec. 31, 2011. That‘s five years later that most other bills of this sort, and over eight months after online poker colossus PokerStars exited the market.

Manitoba tribes want gaming control; Saskatchewan tribal casinos’ profits up

Tribal groups in the Canadian province of Manitoba are pressing for more control over gambling activity, be it land-based or online.

Representatives of Manitoba’s First Nations wrapped up a two-day assembly this week by authorizing the drafting of a law that will put them back in the driver’s seat and assert their right to control gambling operations.

Manitoba Grand Chief Derek Nepinak (pictured) told the Winnipeg Free Press that the new law the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is drafting will encompass “the full scope of gaming, games of chance, including electronic and online gaming.” The latter would put the AMC in direct competition with the provincial lottery monopoly, which launched its own version of British Columbia’s PlayNow.com in 2013.

Nepinak said the AMC was hoping for a better relationship with the newly elected Conservative government, which won election in April, ending nearly 17 years of New Democratic Party control.

Manitoba tribes want gaming control; Saskatchewan tribal casinos’ profits up

Tribal groups in the Canadian province of Manitoba are pressing for more control over gambling activity, be it land-based or online.

Representatives of Manitoba’s First Nations wrapped up a two-day assembly this week by authorizing the drafting of a law that will put them back in the driver’s seat and assert their right to control gambling operations.

Manitoba Grand Chief Derek Nepinak (pictured) told the Winnipeg Free Press that the new law the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is drafting will encompass “the full scope of gaming, games of chance, including electronic and online gaming.” The latter would put the AMC in direct competition with the provincial lottery monopoly, which launched its own version of British Columbia’s PlayNow.com in 2013.

Nepinak said the AMC was hoping for a better relationship with the newly elected Conservative government, which won election in April, ending nearly 17 years of New Democratic Party control.

California Online Poker Bill Amendments Seek to Define “Bad Actors” Once and For All

New proposed amendments to California Assemblyman Adam Gray’s online poker bill seek to address that perennial hindrance on the state’s path to regulation, bad actors, and the question of who really deserves a piece of the California online poker pie. The amendments, which have not been officially added to the bill, were posted online this […]

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