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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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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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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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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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LAS CRUCES — The federal entity that regulates tribal gaming has issued a subpoena to the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, seeking details about a poker tournament the tribe hosted last month in Akela.

The National Indian Gaming Commission, in a July 15 letter, demanded the tribe provide information, including a description of the tournament, the number and names of participants and the names of employees.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Poker can be fun, but people playing for cash in Tennessee could be breaking the law.

On Monday night, Metro police broke up what they called a sophisticated gambling operation with a familiar Nashville businessman in the mix.

Channel 4’s Sara Dorsey was with police during the raid.

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The legality of real-money online poker is colored with different shades of gray in various jurisdictions. Its legality in Germany hinges in part on how much of the game is up to chance. A decision in that country could spell out an important precedent for the entire EU, according to Axel Freiherr v. dem Bussche and Tobias Schelinski.

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TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada and the United States should legalize and regulate online gambling to contain its potentially harmful effects because players tend to bet more frequently and aggressively than they do in casinos, a study released on Tuesday says.

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While the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has devastated internet poker, separate, quiet battles are being fought, and won, to make poker legal in bars under state laws.

The fight over the rights of bars to run Texas Hold’em tournaments does have some significant differences with the better known Prohibition on alcohol. Legally, Prohibition was a federal issue. It involved an actual amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a rare and difficult feat to accomplish, and a federal statute, limiting adult Americans’ right to drink alcoholic beverages.

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