Gambling and the Law

September 28, 2009

South Carolina Court Finds Players Guilty but Poker a Game of Skill

Sensible regulation of the online poker industry in the United States seems that it may still be a long time in the making, despite the common sense aspects of it that ring true with most poker players. But favorable state laws and pertinent rulings by state court judges are positive in the larger picture, as demonstrated by the most recent decision to come out of South Carolina. Read more

September 9, 2009

Kentucky Domain Case Goes to State Supreme Court

The case started with a shocking announcement that left the poker community a bit overwhelmed, but it will end with the highest court in the state of Kentucky hearing the Commonwealth’s own appeal in the case. And the Internet Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) will be there to defend poker players’ rights, internet freedoms, and personal liberties in the Kentucky State Supreme Court on October 22, 2009. Read more

September 4, 2009

U.S. Appeals Court Rejects iMEGA Claims and Upholds UIGEA

The Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) first brought its case in September of 2007, and the intent was to overturn the UIGEA on the basis of its infringement upon privacy rights and several other complaints. But after finally reaching the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals in July of 2009, the case seems to have been defeated with a September 1st ruling that upholds the constitutionality of the UIGEA.The initial case in the U.S. Read more

September 3, 2009

Seized Online Poker Funds May Not Be Returned for Years

The case that began in June of 2009 looks as if it may go unresolved for years. When more than $30 million in online poker funds were seized in June 2009 by the Southern District Court of New York on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, there were holes in the case, as warrants were not presented in all cases and the banks that forfeited the money were not well-informed. However, with one of the payment processors affected being recently denied its claim to $13 million of that money, the ongoing Rennick case may deter any reimbursement for up to several years. Read more

September 2, 2009

More Online Sites Join Lobbying Efforts in D.C.

The poker community has become well aware of the importance of politics in the game, as the passage of the UIGEA in 2006 showed the powerful effect that a law can have on nearly every aspect of the poker world. Since then, several members of Congress have made attempts to repeal the UIGEA and implement a piece of legislation to officially legalize and regulate online poker. The 2009 efforts consisted of the House bill introduced by Rep. Read more

August 23, 2009

Pennsylvania Court Rules Poker a Game of Chance

Another state took poker to court, and this time it won in the first round of action. The Pennsylvania case ended in a guilty verdict for 65-year old Larry Burns of Derry County in a decision that rejected the game of skill argument for poker and instead finds Burns facing prison time and a fine for hosting poker tournaments in 2007.The case began when Burns was arrested for incidents on April 27, May 4, and August 3, 2007, at the Seward fire hall, as well as a May 16 game at Adamsburg Fire Hall. Read more

August 21, 2009

DoJ Indictment Warrant Names PokerStars and Full Tilt

The water gets murkier the deeper the case sinks. When it started in June of 2009, it seemed as if the Department of Justice, working through the Southern District of New York, intended to go after the online poker sites like Full Tilt and PokerStars, but when evidence began to emerge that much of the $30 million-plus was seized without proper warrants, the court made another move. The indictment of Douglas Rennick for running a payment processor service looked to make an example of all such services, and the latest information confirms that the original intent of the assistant U.S. Read more

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