Christie Issues Conditional Veto for Online Gaming Bill in New Jersey,...
UPDATED: See Christie’s press release bottom of page. After 45 days of sitting on an internet gaming bill passed by both houses of congress in New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie today sent back...
View ArticleNew Jersey Legislature Again Passes Internet Gaming Bill, Christie Signs...
After delaying through the maximum 45 day limit to act, on February 7 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie issued a “conditional veto” for the internet gaming bill that was passed by the State Assembly...
View ArticleAmerican Gaming Association Files Petition to Bar PokerStars from Atlantic City
Disputing that the petitioners for a PokerStars interim casino license in Atlantic City, New Jersey, both individual and corporate, are qualified under the Interim Casino Authorization (ICA) via...
View ArticleThe AGA Attempts to Flex Their Muscles in New Jersey, PokerStars Pushes Back
Yesterday, the American Gaming Association (AGA), filed a petition with the New Jersey Department of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) to ask that New Jersey deny a casino license to PokerStars. PokerStars is...
View ArticlePokerStars Files Brief to NJ Commission: AGA Lacks Standing to Participate in...
Last week, the American Gaming Association (AGA) filed a brief with the New Jersey Casino Control Commission, asserting that PokerStars was not “qualified” to receive an Interim Casino Authorization in...
View ArticleN.J. Commission Tables Hearing for American Gaming Association Standing in...
The meeting of the Casino Control Commission in Atlantic City, New Jersey on Wednesday was uneventful as to the matter of whether the American Gaming Association (AGA) should have standing to...
View ArticleHas the AGA Been Honest About Their Motives, or Just Very Selective as to its...
On March 4, 2012, the American Gaming Association (AGA) filed a petition in New Jersey to request permission to participate in oral or written arguments that determine whether PokerStars will be...
View ArticleRay Bitar Will Ask Court for No Incarceration In Order to Receive a Heart...
Late this afternoon in the Federal Courthouse in New York City, Jack Baughman, attorney for Ray Bitar, stood before the judge and explained that the defense and the prosecution have reached an...
View ArticlePayment Processor Sues Former Attorney for Malpractice from Prison Cell
Former online poker payment processor Chad Elie has filed a lawsuit in Las Vegas against one of his former attorneys, Jeff Ifrah, claiming that Ifrah misled him about documentation that would have, if...
View ArticleJudge Accepts Guilty Pleas from Bitar, Sentences Him to Time Served Plus...
In a federal courtroom in New York city today, Judge Loretta Preska accepted a guilty plea from Ray Bitar and sentenced him to time served. Exactly two years since Black Friday, Ray Bitar appeared in...
View ArticleSparks Fly at GiGse When Caesars Takes Aim at PokerStars
Thousands of speakers, delegates and news media personnel descended on San Francisco last week for the Global iGaming Summit and Expo. An unexpected lively panel on day one kept the entire contingent...
View ArticlePoker History Imminent – Ultimate Poker to Launch Regulated Online Poker in...
History is being made today as Ultimate Poker is launching legal real money online poker games at 12 noon ET. The site will be the first to launch in the United States with a legal nod from Nevada...
View ArticleDeal or No Deal? Is the Contract for PokerStars to Acquire the Atlantic Club...
During the last week, the Wall Street Journal and the New Jersey blog ‘MeadowlandsMatters’ have both reported that, according to the Atlantic Club Casino and other sources, the agreement between...
View ArticleBreaking: PokerStars Files Suit Against Atlantic Club, Cites “Bad Faith” and...
UPDATED 2:30 p.m. May 6, 2013: TRO Granted. See bottom of page. This morning in a New Jersey courthouse, Rational Group (PokerStars) filed a lawsuit against Resorts International Holdings, RIH...
View ArticlePokerStars Issues Statement Regarding the Litigation vs Atlantic Club
As reported this morning by Diamond Flush Poker, Rational Group U.S. Holdings (PokerStars) filed a lawsuit against the Atlantic Club Casino and its owners following the casino’s ‘purported’ termination...
View ArticleN.J. Judges Reaffirms TRO in PokerStars vs Atlantic Club Case
Casino Motions for Emergency Hearing Sources have confirmed that on May 7th, an emergency hearing requested by the Atlantic Club, defendants in the matter, was held by telephone between the judge in...
View ArticleAtlantic Club Files Their Response, Asks for Restraining Order to be Vacated
On May 6, PokerStars filed a civil complaint in a New Jersey Court and requested a temporary restraining order to bar the Atlantic Club from attempting to sell the casino to another party. The judge...
View ArticlePokerStars Files Brief to Support Preliminary Injunction vs Atlantic Club
Following the Atlantic Club’s attempted termination of the contract with PokerStars through which PokerStars would acquire the casino, PokerStars sought immediate relief via a temporary restraining...
View ArticleUnited States Appellate Court Hears Poker Case in New York
Wednesday in New York City, the U.S . Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the US vs. Lawrence DiCristina appellate case. This case is unique as it brings to the federal appellate level the...
View ArticleNew Jersey Gets 37 Timely Applications for Internet Gaming
It’s been confirmed that 37 applications have been filed have been filed in New Jersey with hopes to take part in Internet Gaming, expected to launch later this year. The following information was...
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