Tilt on Tilt
The Full Tilt section 49 hearing in London is continuing. The hearing commissioners are apparently considering whether to continue the proceedings in camera (i.e., in private), further to Full Tilt’s...
View ArticleUnder Pressure - New allegations from the DOJ against Full Tilt; a good time...
Yesterday the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York sought leave to file a first amended civil complaint in US v. PokerStars et al. Mr. Pokerati posted a link to the amended complaint; if...
View Articlewww.bwinpartymgmboyd.com - Some thoughts on a new joint venture
Yesterday, MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM), Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD), and bwin.party digital entertainment (LSE:BPTY) announced a joint venture in the United States. This as-yet-unnamed entity – to...
View ArticleThe Unco-operative Mr. Beckley?
Brent Beckley pled guilty in US federal court in Manhattan yesterday to two counts contained in the criminal indictment unveiled in April of this year (United States v. Scheinberg et al). The first...
View ArticleDear DOJ Letter
The Memorandum for the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, on (the poetically-named) ‘Whether Proposals by Illinois and New York to Use the Internet and Out-of-State...
View ArticleThe unco-operative Mr. Beckley (Part II) - No question mark this time—further...
I wrote a blog post a week ago suggesting that Brent Beckley, who pleaded guilty on December 20th to two federal counts in the Black Friday indictments, may not be a co-operating witness for the...
View ArticleCatch Me If You Can
I expect that more will be said about the indictment of Bodog Entertainment, Calvin Ayre, and 3 others in the coming days and months, but for now, a copy of the indictment itself is here. A copy of the...
View ArticleUNLV Internet Gaming Regulation Symposium - Come for the CLE Credits - Stay...
The Boyd School of Law at UNLV will host an Internet Gaming Regulation Symposium on May 18. The conference is being sponsored by Lewis & Roca. You can read more about the conference and speakers...
View ArticleJersey Gaming Shores - Gaming Law News with @JoeBrennanJr and @GamingCounsel
Joe Brennan, Jr., the head of iMEGA, and I are appearing on a show for CEM Audio Edge on Thursday, May 24th at 2 pm Central time (3 pm Eastern, noon Pacific, etc.). The link for the show and a...
View ArticleSentencing Delay for Brent Beckley - Court Intends to Consider an Upward...
An order has hit the docket in the Black Friday prosecutions in New York. In it, Judge Lewis Kaplan indicates that the court will consider an upward adjustment in Mr. Beckley’s sentence on the ground...
View ArticleGaming Affiliate Risk? - Ohio action may be a new front in the DOJ's war on...
Last month I became aware of actions taken against an Internet gaming affiliate by the US Attorney in the Southern District of Ohio. The offences being investigated apparently include violations of the...
View ArticleGaming Affiliate Risk Update
This is further to last week’s post about affiliates @Pokerati. It’s a good news–bad news update. The good news—at least, from an affiliate perspective—is that there appears to be no federal criminal...
View ArticleNCAA v. Christie - Sports leagues target New Jersey sports betting law
Yesterday several sports leagues and the NCAA filed a civil action in federal district court in New Jersey against the state’s governor, Chris Christie, and other state officials. The complaint seeks...
View ArticleShifting Opinions: United States v. DiCristina - Fine lines persist between...
I intended to blog about the DiCristina decision since it was released on August 21st, but I haven’t made the time until now. With the usual great commentary about the case coming from all over the...
View ArticleUpdate on New Jersey Sports Betting Case - NCAA v. Christie promises to be...
I haven’t done a post on the NCAA v. Christie matter since early last month. There have been several letters in the court file back and forth between plaintiffs’ counsel and the New Jersey Attorney...
View ArticleGaming law mavens - Recap of the IMGL fall conference in London
My intention was to post a blog about the International Masters of Gaming Law fall conference last month while I was in Europe. Obviously that didn’t work out. It’s almost a month late and everyone’s...
View ArticleGoing Legit - If legal internet gaming is the answer, then what is the question?
Black plus white generally equals grey, or at least gray. The arrest questioning of Norbert Teufelberger in Belgium on Tuesday seems as good a time as any to post about something that may seem obvious...
View ArticleBill C-290: The showdown - Canadian Senate to vote on sports betting changes...
Bill C-290 is a draft law currently before the Canadian Parliament. It’s a short bill that repeals one paragraph in the Criminal Code. That paragraph is s. 207(4)(b), which excludes betting on “any...
View ArticleFarewell Rob Ford? - What does the removal of the mayor mean for a Toronto...
In a surprising move, the Ontario Superior Court has removed Toronto Mayor Rob Ford from office. The facts behind the removal are convoluted, but basically the Mayor voted to rescind a sanction by...
View ArticleThoughts on awards - The Canadian legal blog awards
Something a little different this time, folks. I want to set out some very brief thoughts on who I think deserves a Canadian legal blog award. Some (most?) of you in the poker world won’t care about...
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