Week of May 13

We’re close to a resolution in the legal challenge to the DOJ’s new Wire Act interpretation, with a ruling expected to drop before the June 14 compliance deadline.

The defendants recently filed a supplemental brief further delaying their decision on the legality of state lottery programs. This attempt to kick the can down the road likely won’t sit well with the federal judge, who asked the DOJ for clarification during oral arguments three weeks ago.

The new opinion hasn’t fully chilled the appetite for gambling expansion, however.

• PA online gambling to go live July 15
• Ohio plans to launch online lottery
• Michigan online gambling bill needs more work
• US online gambling trending positive

Meanwhile, much of our staff is in Boston this week for the ICE North America conference. Read a preview here.

While our coverage occasionally reaches into nearly every corner of online gaming, Online Poker Report has a few primary focus areas.

Regulated U.S. Online Poker

The bulk of our coverage is focused on the markets for regulated, legal, online poker in New Jersey, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, along with other states in the U.S., including New York and Michigan that are considering regulated online poker.

Our coverage spans regulatory updates, legislative developments, market analysis, and day-to-day news that may be of interest not only to those following the markets, but also online poker players who participate in them.

Online Gambling Regulation in America

Along with specific coverage of online poker, we also explore the broader topic of online gambling regulation in the United States, including casino and lottery games.

Our companion site – LegalSportsReport.com – is where you’ll find our coverage of issues related to daily fantasy sports and legal sports betting in the U.S.. We also cover the consumer perspective on NJ online casinos at PlayNJ.com.

The Global Online Poker Market

Recently, we have started to expand our coverage beyond the U.S. into the global market for online poker, including jurisdictions such as the UK’s regulated online poker market. We made this decision as the leading companies involved in one market increasingly started to mirror companies in another, and as the innovations from – and the challenges facing – the international online poker market became increasingly relevant for the American online poker industry as well.