
Illinois Politician Renews Online Gambling Legislative Effort
Online gambling is back on Illinois’ legislative discussion agenda with the sponsor of one of several 2017 bills on the topic announcing the scheduling of two new hearings to discuss …
Online gambling is back on Illinois’ legislative discussion agenda with the sponsor of one of several 2017 bills on the topic announcing the scheduling of two new hearings to discuss …
With Pennsylvania on the precipice of becoming the fourth US state to approve and regulate online poker, along with other forms of online gambling, the question now looming for most …
In an unexpected development, the Illinois State Senate approved on Wednesday a measure that would regulate both intrastate online poker and daily fantasy sports (DFS). The bill passed the full …
A bill which would outlaw daily fantasy sports has been assigned to the Executive Committee in the Illinois House of Representatives, though with no legislative days actually left on the …
Online poker giant PokerStars and its parent company, Canada’s Amaya Group, scored a significant legal victory in Illinois in recent days when a US District Judge reaffirmed a pair of …
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) giant DraftKings will get its chance to argue for its service’s legality under Illinois gambling statutes a little sooner than anticipated, thanks to a Cook County …
Following in the wake of Wednesday’s formal opinion issued by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, which declares daily fantasy sports (DFS) to be an illegal gambling activity and thus illegal …
Eight states down, forty-two to go. The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry is watching its market slowly shrink in the United States as Illinois has become the latest state to attempt …
In a matching pair of legal decisions handed down by Southern District of Illinois judge David R. Herndon on Tuesday, nearly identical class-action lawsuits against PokerStars, Full Tilt, the pre-2011 …
The bankruptcy case involving Caesars Entertainment’s primary operational unit Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (CEOC), is headed to an Illinois court after a Delaware judge ruled against an involuntary bankruptcy filing …