All posts by Matthew Kredell
NY Lawmaker: Online Poker Was Just Eight Votes Away From Passing
New York Assemblyman Gary Pretlow says he was eight Democrats away from getting the online poker bill put to a vote last week at the...
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Here’s The One Big Hurdle Slowing Progress For Michigan Online Gambling, Sports Betting
Michigan Rep. Brandt Iden explained to Online Poker Report that there really only is one point of contention keeping Indian gaming tribes from supporting his...
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Lawmaker Pushes For NY Online Poker In Letter To Assembly Speaker
New York Assemblyman Gary Pretlow appears serious about getting an online poker bill passed next month in a letter to Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
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Michigan Lawmaker On Online Gambling Bill: Goal Is To Pass It Before Summer
Today was the day by which Michigan Rep. Brandt Iden expected to get his online gambling and sports betting bill approved by the state's House...
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Dozens Of Lawmakers Line Up Behind NY Online Poker Bill, Which Could Be Combined With Sports Betting
As official support for the online poker bill in the New York Assembly increases rapidly, the legislation's author remains tepid on its prospects for this...
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Can NY Finally Thread The Needle On Online Poker? ‘We Have A Good Shot Of Getting It Through This Year’
New York Assemblyman Clyde Vanel advised to watch the Assembly bill to license and regulate online poker over the next few weeks, because the number...
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California Online Poker Legalization Effort Appears To Be Dead Before It Even Begins In 2018
For the first time in more than a decade, California will not be considering an online poker bill in 2018. However, online poker may be...
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NY Online Poker Sponsor Says He’s ‘Going To Redouble’ Efforts To Pass Bill In 2018
Female members of the New York Assembly are keeping the state from legalizing and regulating online poker, according to bill author Gary Pretlow.
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Gaining Support Of Detroit Casinos ‘Big Step’ For Michigan Online Gambling Bill, Lawmaker Says
Michigan state Rep. Brandt Iden said an online gambling bill that advanced Wednesday has support of commercial casinos, but not tribal gaming.
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Penn National: PA Online Slot Tax Rate ‘Ridiculous And Unprecedented’
Penn National Gaming is still weighing legal options while exploring opportunities set forth by the massive Pennsylvania gambling expansion.
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PA Rep. Dunbar On Online Gambling: Bill Not Perfect But ‘Now We Can Actually Sit Down And Play’
Pennsylvania Rep. George Dunbar was one of the leading forces behind a effort to regulate online poker. Now a bill is almost to the finish...
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Michigan Lawmaker Wants Online Gambling Bill Through House By Thanksgiving
Michigan state Rep. Brandt Iden wants his bill to legalize online gambling to make it through one chamber in a little more than a month.
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New York Online Poker Bill: Only Mostly Dead, But Still Alive For 2018
New York will likely have to wait until 2018 for online poker, as a bill is not likely to come up during a special session...
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PA Senator Says Online Gambling Isn’t Slowing Down Gaming Package, It’s VGTs
Top lawmakers in Pennsylvania are hashing out their differences regarding legislation to expand gambling, according to Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa.
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New York Online Poker Chances: ‘Slim, But Not Very Slim’ Lawmaker Says
New York Assemblymember J. Gary Pretlow said an online poker bill has a slim chance of passing the legislature before it adjourns next week.
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Key Senator ‘More Optimistic’ That NY Online Poker Will Pass This Year
New York state Sen. John Bonacic said that he is more optimistic than last year about the Assembly approving an online poker bill that the...
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PA Senate Likely To Act Quickly On Online Gambling Because Of Budget Concerns, Lawmaker Says
Rep. George Dunbar expressed confidence that the Pennsylvania Senate would make a decision on a gaming bill that includes online gambling by June 19.
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Changes Coming To Senate’s PA Online Gambling Bill? Lawmaker Says House Likely To Lower Taxes, Fees
Rep. George Dunbar, who has helped push for PA online gambling, says the gambling bill passed by the Senate Wednesday is likely not "the final...
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PA Online Gambling Licensees Won’t Have To Be PA Casinos, Senator Says; Action Expected Next Week
The Pennsylvania Senate plans to move a gambling expansion bill including online poker on Tuesday, Sen. Mario Scavello said, but who gets to apply for...
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Key PA Lawmaker On Lower Tax Rate For Online Gambling: ‘It Would Force Casinos To The Internet’
Rumblings of support for exorbitant tax rates with the potential to doom online gambling in Pennsylvania aren't only coming out of the Senate.
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California Lawmaker On Online Poker: ‘We’ve Got To Start From Ground Zero’
California Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer said his bill to legalize online poker would stay on the sidelines this year, with hopes for progress in 2018.
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The New Bill To Watch For PA Online Gambling: House Takes Different Tack, Puts Ball In Senate’s Court
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives sent a shell bill to the Senate, with hopes of online gambling making it into the new legislation.
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Exclusive: Pretlow Ready To Battle For New York Online Poker This Year, But Doesn’t Believe Budget Will Be The Vehicle
A key New York lawmaker sees little chance of online poker being included in the state budget, but hopes that a summer push will get...
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PokerStars Parent Company Is In ‘A Transition Year’ Looking For US Partners
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PokerStars Will Do Online Poker, Casino, Sports Betting In Pennsylvania Via Mount Airy
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NJ Regulators Want To Round Up Bovada, Other Illegal Gambling Websites
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Online Poker Grows In France; Bad News For The US As Shared Liquidity Trumps High Taxes
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New Casinos Are Coming To New England, Where The Gaming Landscape Is About To Shift
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California Tribe’s Online Poker Dreams Dashed By Federal Court
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