Politics
Veepstakes Odds for the GOP Just Posted: Marco Rubio Favored
Carrie Stroup here with important news that Sportsbook.com just opened up Republican Veepstakes odds..
Marco Rubio was coming in as the 3/1 favorite.
Other notables included Rob Portman with the next shortest odds at 5/1. Chris Christie 8/1 and Rick Santorum 10/1 were right up there as well.
For the best payouts, here were a few longshots for the GOP Veepstakes: Condoleeza Rice 25/1, Newt 50/1 Palin 100/1.
Massachusetts Rep Wants Three Online Poker Licensees to Pay $10 Mil Each
Norfolk, Massachusetts Republican Rep. Dan Winslow is looking to create three Massachusetts licenses for intrastate internet poker.
Winslow wants to make his colleagues in the House aware of options to generate additional state revenues in the state, according to the Boston Herald. He hopes to have his measure passed in the House and Senate in the coming months.
From the Boston Herald:
Internet Gambling, Horse Racing Regulated Simulcasting on Agenda in Massachusetts
By STEVE LeBLANC, The Associated Press
BOSTON — The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is pressing lawmakers and Gov. Deval Patrick to push back a key deadline for the panel to take over the regulation of horse racing and simulcasting, saying the expanded duties will make it harder to get new casinos up and running.
Commission chairman Steven Crosby said Tuesday that the panel will meet the May 20 takeover deadline if needed, but said delaying the change makes more sense for the state.
Mitt Romney Wins GOP Nomination in Eyes of Oddsmakers Who Already Paid Out Bets
The oddsmakers at Sportsbook.com on Monday announced that they have paid out on all bets that former Massachusetts Republican Governor Mitt Romney will win the GOP Presidential nomination.
The payouts fluctuated based on when the bets were placed. At some points early on in the campaign, front runners changed regularly, however, Romney always maintained relatively short odds.
The Bill the PPA Wants Online Poker Measure Attached to: Civil Liberties at Stake (Video)
Dozens of civil liberties groups plan to protest the very bill the Poker Players Alliance is touting as one that will provide freedom for countless numbers of card players in the States.
The PPA wants to attach a bill that would legalize online poker to the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA). It is a cybersecurity bill that allows the sharing of information between government agencies and private companies.
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Washington Post: Gambling’s ‘Unholy’ Grip in the State of Maryland
First it was the US Attorney’s Office in Maryland setting up a phony payment solutions company then spending the nearly two years worth of seized funds on brand new police cars for Anne Arundel County, now state politicians have come under fire for allegedly holding “spending hostage to the gaming industry’s interests”, claims the W
Tribes Hold the Cards in California Online Poker Effort: New Jersey Racing to be First
The odds of New Jersey legalizing online poker first is much greater than California doing so and the San Francisco Chronicle’s Demian Bulwa does a superb job of laying out the reason why.
Bulwa doesn’t draw comparisons between the two states but rather offers the various obstacles standing in the way of California's efforts.
Maryland Now Allows Gambling on Fantasy Sports: Life Behind Bars for Booking NFL Games
As Bodog Founder Calvin Ayre, 50, faces more than 25 years behind prison for running one of the largest online sports betting enterprises and targeting residents of Maryland, that state has just begun allowing wagers on fantasy sports. Exceptional timing!!! We can't make this stuff up even if we tried.
New Jersey Internet Gambling: What They’re Saying
The excitement continues to build as New Jersey inches its way to becoming only the second state in the US after Nevada to legalize Internet gambling. The Garden State has more grandiose plans when compared to Nevada as they have hinted at forming state compacts and taking bets from other countries that allow it. State Senator Raymond Lesniak, a co-sponsor of the bill, wants New Jersey to become the “Silicon Valley of Internet Gambling”.
New Jersey Plans to Take Online Bets From Across US but Utah Can Fugetaboutit
A signature piece of legislation that would make New Jersey the second state to offer online gambling within its own borders made it through a state Senate subcommittee with ease despite earlier concerns of potential opposition. Nevada became the first late last year but its law hinges heavily on a federal ban on Internet gambling being lifted.
New Jersey Online Poker Bill Could Hit Road Block
News that real estate mogul Donald Trump is looking to team up with online gambling powerhouse 888 Holdings to bring regulated “real money” Web card rooms to the US could become muted later Tuesday as a measure to legalize the industry in New Jersey will face a tough challenge in the state Senate.
John Brennan of NorthJersey.com explains:
Nadex Denied Ability to Offer Futures Betting on President Obama
While you can still bet on the US Presidential race and Barack Obama’s odds to be re-elected at online gambling sites the likes of Sportsbook.com, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission shot down a proposal by the North American Derivatives Exchange (NADEX) to offer options contracts on the US Presidential election, claiming such “gaming” was not in the public interest.
Couric vs. Palin Morning News Ratings Odds Give Former Alaska Governor Edge
Gambling911.com has released its own odds of a Couric vs. Palin morning news show showdown with NBC’s “Today” a 1/3 odds favorite to beat out ABC’s “Good Morning America”.
PPA Pushing to Have Online Poker Measure Attached to Cyber Security Bill
Poker Players Alliance Vice President of Player Relations Rich Muny sat down with Poker Fusion this week to address the possibility of online poker legislation finding its way onto an upcoming cyber security bill.
Sheldon Adelson Done With Newt Gingrich: ‘He’s at the End of His Line’ (Video)
In an interview featured on the Jewish Journal Thursday, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson essentially said that Newt Gingrich’s campaign to become the GOP US Presidential nominee is over.
UK Internet Gambling Tax Structure Restructured: Sin Tax Based on Consumption
Sinners in the UK, you’ll have to pay! At least if it is at online casinos and poker rooms where you play.
Internet gambling aficionados find themselves caught up in George Osborne’s budget tax increases.
A new tax will be introduced for Internet gambling that is based on the place of consumption. Previously, that tax was levied on a 'place of supply' basis.
George Osborne UK Chancellor of the Exchequer:
California Legalized Internet Poker Update (Video)
Sports Book Review analyst Natalie Rydström interviewed California State Senator Roderick Wright on the hot topic of legalized online gambling.
Attempts to Legalize Internet Poker, Casinos in Hawaii Fail
Hawaii is the latest state in the US to propose legalizing Internet poker only to have such efforts stall in the legislature.
A series of three related bills that included the legalization of Web poker, brick and mortar casinos and a state lottery were introduced back in January.
Rep. Angus McKelvey introduced the online poker measure that would have provided for a state lottery to oversee and regulate Web gambling activity.
Hawaii is one of only two states in the US that does not permit any form of gambling including a state lottery.
John McCain on Sheldon Adelson’s Donation to Gingrich Campaign: ‘Drives Up Unfavorables’
There has been plenty of hoopla surrounding casino magnate billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s multiple donations to a Newt Gingrich super PAC. Now fellow Republican, Senator John McCain, has suggested such cash infusions by Adelson have only served to harm the Gingrich Presidential campaign, which is now all but dead.
Herman Cain Wins at Wynn Using ‘9-9-9’ Plan at the Poker Tables
One time GOP candidate for President of the United States and former head of the Godfathers Pizza restaurant chain, Herman Cain, has taken his famed “9-9-9” plan to Vegas.
New Jersey Internet Gambling by September Despite Thursday Hiccup
New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak promised that his measure to legalize Internet gambling would sail through the state legislature this past Thursday. That didn’t happen. But it was more a technical snafu than any type of opposition blocking the bill’s passage.
Iowa House Kills Online Poker Bill
The Iowa House has decided not to take up Senate File 2257 which would have legalized Internet poker in the state.
House Speaker Kraig Paulsen, R-Hiawatha, said there has been a “general lack of interest” in the topic among his 60-member GOP caucus, according to Dubuque’s KCRG.
“What are we in? Week 10?” Paulsen said March 15. “I don’t know if I’ve had three members mention this subject to me … until this week when the big hub-bub was.”
Former US Vice Presidential Candidate Wayne Root Looks to Launch Online Poker Site in US
Nevada based online social media and gaming company W Technologies Inc. is looking to launch an online poker within the USA that could eventually embrace “real cash” play.
Iowa Forges Ahead With Legalized Internet Poker
Could Iowa soon become the hub for legalized Internet poker in the Midwest USA?
No Voter Referendum Needed for New Jersey Internet Gambling
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) In the race to be the first to approve Internet gambling and dominate a potentially multi-billion-dollar market New Jersey lawmakers heard what they wanted to hear Monday from a Seton Hall law professor and expert on the state constitution.
Nevada Anticipates Online Poker Sites to be Live by Fall: NJ Big News Coming
In an interview with iGaming Business, Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board Mark Lipparelli, said he anticipates Internet poker rooms to go live as early as this coming fall (2012).
He said, licensees “thoughtful about their approach and had their systems reviewed by test labs in the past” will be the first given the green light. An operation could go live soon after a successful technical evaluation, “by late fall and certainly by late winter or the early part of 2013.”
Mississippi Burning: Internet Poker Bill Dies in Committee
A controversial Internet poker bill that would have seen players funds essentially confiscated for nonactivity has died a quick death in the Mississippi legislature.
Arizona Senator Jon Kyl Removes Internet Gambling Statement From Site
Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl, who has been rumored to be in talks regarding amending the current Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), a prohibition bill he co-authored in 2006, has removed a statement on his own website suggesting a change of stance regarding Internet gambling.
The statement removed read as follows:
Internet Gambling
NJ Sen. Jim Whelan: ‘I Feel Like I Am Being Blackmailed (By Horse Racing Association)’
A measure to legalized online gambling in New Jersey has moved one step closer to reality with a 3-0 passage in the state senate. Horse racing groups have threatened a derailment of the bill after an earlier funding commitment was removed however.
Racing industry lobbyist Barbara DeMarco has hinted at possible legal action, telling the Daily Record: “Undoubtedly the racing industry will push to have a constitutional amendment.”
Super Tuesday Betting Odds Have Romney Winning At Least 6 States
While Americans cannot bet at Irish bookmaker Paddy Power, the UK’s third largest bookmaker continues to be the only wagering establishment offering betting on all the US GOP primaries and caucuses, including odds on Super Tuesday.
