Articles by Ollie Ring (52)
Professional poker player, Joshua T. Thatcher has been sentenced to 12 months of probation after pleading guilty to one felony count of Gambling Operations for his role operating an illegal poker room in Michigan. The offending poker room was known as 906 Poker Social, formerly located at 1200 S. Front St., Marquette. Thatcher received a […]
Hawaii has, in recent years, introduced many a bill into House legislature attempting to legalize Hawaii online sports betting and/or other forms of gambling, but has failed to gain much support at all. This year, State Rep. John Mizuno has filed H.B. No. 344 which reads very differently to prior year’s bills. This year, Mizuno […]
The chairmen of the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute tribes has asked Colorado’s legislature why they were ignored during the legislative conversation for the legalization of online sports betting in 2019. Ute Mountain Chairman Manuel Heart, and Southern Ute Chairman Melvin Baker have said neither tribe was consulted when the 2019 legislature referred the […]
New York State Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow has introduced Bill A01380 that seeks to legalize online poker in New York. This marks the fifth consecutive Legislative Session, spanning 10 years, that Pretlow has submitted a bill for the reclassification of online poker to a game of skill, thus making it legal to play online. Online sports […]
Kentucky lawmakers have once again set their sights on the legalization of online sports betting during 2023. The bill, HB 106 was presented on the opening day of the state’s 2023 legislative session and seeks to permit online sports betting, daily fantasy gaming and poker across the state. The legislation would seek to legally define […]
Lawmakers are attempting for the fifth time to push a bill through that would allow online sports betting in Mississippi. House Bill 606 has been sponsored by Representative Eure and seeks amendments to Section 97-33-1, Mississippi Code of 1972. It seeks to ‘legalize online betting, gaming and wagering on sporting events, athletic events and events […]
The state of Maine got a step closer to legalized sports betting after the Maine Gambling Control Unit published the proposed rules ahead of a public hearing for the rules on January 31st. Local news sources are suggesting the timeline set out by Maine Gambling Control Unit Executive Director Milton Champion suggests that the first […]
Reporting for December has revealed the state of Indiana received $21,578,223 in sports wagering tax for 2022. This shows a 34.4% increase year-on-year, up from $16,053,010 received in 2021. The effective tax rate on GGR in Indiana is 9.5% which is on the lower side compared to the majority other states which offer regulated sports […]
Democratic Senator Carol Alvarado has filed a resolution seeking to legalize a limited number of resorts and facilities to offer casino and sports betting in Texas. The proposed law is Senate Joint Resolution 17 and would need two-thirds support by the state legislature to allow the Texan public to vote on it. The legislative session […]
The North Dakota House Judiciary Committee has advanced bill HCR 3002 which would allow voters to decide the future of legalized sports betting in ND. Should the proposed bill pass through the resolution, residents of North Dakota will be able to vote at the next general election in November 2024 as to whether state lawmakers […]