Posted by Steve Ruddock on Feb 07, 2013 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

Thursday was the deadline for the Governor of New Jersey to decide on whether an online gambling bill passed by the state legislature in December was going to become law. Governor Chris Christie had four options at his disposal in regards to the bill, and took the secondRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Sep 04, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

There is news on several different fronts when it comes to the pending launch of online poker in the state of Nevada. Among the key pieces are the recent legal decisions on the federal level; information on how regulators in Nevada will audit the online sites; and theRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Aug 11, 2012 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

I really never thought I’d say this, but perhaps the opponents of online poker legislation have a point when it comes to security –am I really agreeing with Sheldon Adelson on something??? My concern isn’t for the potential of underage and problem gamblers finding an easy outlet inRead Full Article

Posted by Steve Ruddock on Jul 24, 2011 Posted in Poker News | No Comments »

A new study by two Harvard Medical School researchers, Associate Professor of Psychiatry Howard Schaffer and his colleague Ryan Martin, has seemingly debunked the notion that access to gambling creates more problem gamblers –something constantly asserted as a fact by anti-gambling believers. In their findings the two determined,Read Full Article