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breaking: NJ sports betting briefs filed by NFL et al http://blog.northjersey.com/meadowlandsmatters/5969/nj-sports-betting-briefs-due-today/ by John Brennan The National Football League, the NCAA, and three other sports leagues filed a 71-page brief today to the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia in the landmark sports betting case. The state of New Jersey, the state’s thoroughbred horsemen’s […]

Wayne Parry, Associated Press   ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) – A bid by the world’s largest online poker website to buy an Atlantic City casino has gone bust. The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel announced Wednesday that a purchase agreement with the British parent company of PokerStars has been terminated. Had the deal gone through, The […]

http://blog.northjersey.com/meadowlandsmatters/5517/poker-group-backs-courts-game-of-skill-ruling/ by John Brennan The Poker Players Alliance last week filed an interesting 37-page amicus brief to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on New York. The brief asks the higher court to affirm a federal court ruling from last August in the case of U.S. v Lawrence Dicristina, where Judge Jack Weinstein had to […]

http://www.drf.com/news/steven-crist-nyra-should-look-adding-wagering-menu-lowering-takeout Stevem Crist If you’ve been holding your breath waiting for anything about playing the horses in New York to change for the better, it’s time to exhale before you turn any bluer. The lesson from Thursday’s fourth meeting of the new New York Racing Association Reorganization Board was that things are moving even more […]

By Sandra Chereb The Associated Press Private equity groups could soon place large bets at Nevada sports books and pump millions of dollars into the legal sports betting trough under a bill advanced Friday by a state Senate committee. The Senate Judiciary Committee amended and approved SB346, which authorizes the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt […]

KATE ZERNIKE, NY Times TRENTON — A generation ago, New Jersey introduced casino gambling to Atlantic City to boost the sagging fortunes of the nation’s most famous boardwalk resort.  ow, with the casinos themselves ailing — a shimmering $2.6 billion resort built with tax incentives announced last week that it was entering bankruptcy less than […]

AS VEGAS (KSNV & MyNews3) — There’s a battle brewing between two groups with very deep pockets in our state on one side big gaming in Nevada and on the other is a new player in town who wants to make it easier for gamblers to place a sports wager. It’s a convenient way to […]

Bet on Red! Nevada May Legalize Gambling on Federal Elections Federal elections in America have long been horse races without legal bookies. Some states outright outlaw putting money on political contests, while others simply omit such gambling from lists of permitted practices. But this week, a Nevada lawmaker proposed a bill that could give citizens […]

By JOE DRAPE Published: March 27, 2013 LAS VEGAS — It is a lucrative time of year for Nevada, where more than $200 million will be wagered in sports books on the N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament, a pot of money that has budget-crunched states across the country pushing for a piece of the action despite […]

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/atlantic-city_pleasantville_brigantine/fantasy-sports-betting-at-atlantic-city-casinos-won-t-be/article_c591f4ae-9027-11e2-827e-0019bb2963f4.html   By HOA NGUYEN Staff Writer   Denied the chance to authorize sports betting, New Jersey is turning to a similarly popular activity that carries little risk of being challenged in court, observers said. The Division of Gaming Enforcement published temporary regulations Monday authorizing casinos to operate fantasy sports tournaments, allowing them to charge […]