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It’s been a roller coaster ride for the online poker industry over the last month. In June, HR 5767, which would have suspended the regulations of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, was defeated in Committee by virtue of a verbal vote. Last week, Democrats in Congress struck back. Jim McDermott, from Washington State, introduced legislation that would earmark up to $40 billion over the next ten years to underserved populations for job training and educational assistance.

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The province’s illegal gambling unit hit the jackpot when they raided four alleged gaming houses over the weekend, netting 47 people — including two minors.

Although the simultaneous raids folded four operations, Toronto Police Det. Emilio DiPoce said the Friday night raids just scratch the surface of the GTA’s illegal poker games that generate millions for operators.

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WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Dr. Jeffrey L. Derevensky, a leading professor at McGill University, contends that Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) incorrectly cited the university’s research on gambling addiction in arguing for the continued prohibition on Internet gambling. Derevensky in fact believes that the regulation of online gambling is an opportunity to put in place safeguards to combat problem and underage gambling.

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Texas hold ‘em fans will play for a trip to Las Vegas at Snowshoe Mountain resort today, after West Virginia Lottery Commission officials said the poker tournament is not illegal.

Wheeling officials raised questions this week about whether Snowshoe and the tournament’s sponsor, the West Virginia Radio Corporation, could hold the tournament. They said state law allows gambling only at the state’s racetracks and its numerous limited video lottery parlors.

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In my op-ed on July 17 on the issue of Internet gaming, I forgot one other important concern. And that is underage gaming. How do you stop minors from gambling at their homes? Even children as young as 3 years are proficient on the computer and Internet today and play games more difficult to understand than casino games.

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Another round of talks between Antiguan and United States officials concluded this week with the two sides apparently no closer to resolving their World Trade Organization conflict over online gambling.

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WHEELING – A planned poker tournament Saturday at Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County, W.Va., is “not permissible” under state law, West Virginia Lottery Commission general counsel John Melton said.

In fact, Wheeling Mayor Andy McKenzie, speaking in his capacity as a state senator from Ohio County, called the tournament “completely illegal.”

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WASHINGTON — If Internet gambling is legalized and taxed, Nevada could receive more than $300 million during the next decade to boost education and job training for foster children in the state, according to advocates of a bill introduced this week in the House.

Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., who offered the bill, described it as a revision of legislation he introduced last year to tax Internet gambling companies if they are licensed and regulated by the Department of Treasury.

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TIPTON — Officials have shut down a central Indiana business where they suspect patrons were illegally playing poker for money.

The Indiana Gaming Control Division served a search warrant Wednesday night at the Hold ’Em House in Tipton about 30 miles north of Indianapolis.

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