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Nation's Capital Bets Online Poker Is Lawful
Washington, D.C., is poised to become the first place in the U.S. to allow online poker, challenging the federal government's effective ban on the practice in its own backyard.  Washington, DC Online12/25/2012
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D.C. Plays Fizzbin With Online Poker
(Washington D.C.) -- Sometimes only a Star Trek metaphor will do. Remember the episode about a primitive people who developed a planet-girdling civilization based on the...
9/25/2012
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Barras: Casinos, slots and Internet gambling redux?
(Washington D.C.) -- "It's totally beyond me why [Jack Evans] is doing this," civic leader Marie Drissel told me last week during a discussion about the...
2/28/2012
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D.C. officials grapple with unraveling lottery contract
(Washington D.C.) -- With online gambling off the table for now, D.C. officials are grappling with how to rectify the questionable local business certification of a firm...
2/18/2012
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D.C. Council Member Michael A. Brown Likely to Reintroduce Online Poker Legislation
(Washington D.C.) -- Earlier this month, the D.C. Council voted to repeal the Internet gambling law that would have made the nation's capital the first U.S....
2/16/2012
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Disputes in Washington End Online Gambling Program
(Washington D.C.) -- Last year, the District of Columbia seemed to hold all the aces in the high-stakes race among states to offer Internet gambling. Its program,...
2/12/2012
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Online-gambling bill’s future uncertain
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. Council member Michael A. Brown is repeatedly warning that repealing the District’s online-gambling law will put the city in a bind if...
2/7/2012
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A brief history of D.C.’s online gambling program
(Washington D.C.) -- The District’s government-sponsored online went up for a full D.C. Council vote Tuesday, and council members voted to repeal the ”...
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D.C. Council rejects Internet gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Council voted Tuesday to repeal the city’s controversial Internet gambling law, capping a year-long debate about whether it...
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D.C. Repeals Internet Gambling Law
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia dropped out of the race to become the first governmental entity to operate Internet gambling on Tuesday as the city council...
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Full DC Council to vote on online gambling repeal; majority supports bill
(Washington D.C.) -- The full D.C. Council will take its first vote on repealing the nation’s first government-sponsored online gambling program. Online gambling...
2/2/2012
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District of Columbia Set To Fold On Internet Gambling [sub req'd]
(Washington D.C.) -- A key legislative committee has voted to block the D.C. Lottery’s plan to launch the first government-run online casino in the United States,...
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Internet gambling rejected by D.C. Council panel
(Washington D.C.) -- A D.C. Council committee voted Wednesday to repeal the city’s Internet gambling program, sending the measure to a full council vote that could...
2/1/2012
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D.C. Council committee votes to repeal online gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- A D.C. Council committee finally showed its cards in the tortured bid for Internet poker and other games through the city’s lottery system...
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Internet Gambling Repeal Before D.C. Council Committee Today
(Washington D.C.) -- The future of Internet gambling in the District faces a crucial test today as a D.C. Council committee votes on an amendment repealing iGaming.
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Internet gambling repeal is likely to move forward
(Washington D.C.) -- A measure to repeal the District’s controversial Internet gambling plan has enough support to send it to the full D.C. Council, setting up a...
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Online gambling repeal passes D.C. council committee
(Washington D.C.) -- A proposed repeal of Internet gambling in the District passed its committee and appears headed for approval by the full D.C. Council next week...
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Washington D.C. steps back from Internet gambling launch
(Washington D.C.) -- A city panel in the U.S. capital voted on Wednesday to repeal a first-in-the-nation Internet gambling law for Washington, D.C., a spokeswoman said.
1/31/2012
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DC Council poised to repeal online gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- After becoming the first jurisdiction in the nation to legalize online gambling within its borders, the District of Columbia is poised to repeal the...
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Gray joins critics of online gambling’s path to approval
(Washington D.C.) -- Support is evaporating among key city officials for the District’s controversial Internet gambling initiative, with Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D)...
1/30/2012
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Internet gambling repeal is likely to move forward
(Washington D.C.) -- A measure to repeal the District’s controversial Internet gambling plan has enough support to send it to the full D.C. Council, setting up a high-...
1/29/2012
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No online gaming rush for DC
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia Council remains bitterly divided on how, or even if, the nation’s capital should have the first government-run online...
1/28/2012
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Controversy Dominates iGaming Internet Gambling Hearing
(Washington D.C.) -- At a D.C. Council committee hearing on a controversial Internet gambling initiative that was quietly approved in late 2010, legislators, activists...
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Law Suits Threatened in Washington D.C.'s Online Gambling Legislation
(Washington D.C.) -- Once again opposition is being heard in the protracted legalization of online gambling in the USA’s capital district Washington D.C.
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No online gaming rush for DC
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia Council remains bitterly divided on how, or even if, the nation’s capital should have the first government-run online...
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OP/ED: D.C. politicians playing games
(Washington D.C.) -- The report by the D.C. Office of the Inspector General on the chief financial officer’s lottery contract award captures the amorality...
1/26/2012
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D.C.’s Internet gambling bid questioned
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. Council members sharply questioned top finance and lottery officials Thursday about whether the District’s first-in-the-nation Internet...
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Hearing Exposes D.C. Council Divisions On Internet Gambling [sub req'd]
(Washington D.C.) -- A stormy hearing, including a city council member’s threat to sue Washington, D.C.’s chief financial officer, exposed sharp divisions...
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Online gambling in DC faces uncertain future
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia still could become the first jurisdiction in the nation to offer government-sponsored online gambling within its borders....
1/25/2012
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Internet Gambling's Long, Strange Trip in D.C. Continues
(Washington D.C.) -- Even though Internet gambling has been legal in the District since early 2011, it remains but an idea that hasn't yet become reality. Ongoing...
1/24/2012
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BLOG: DC moves closer to online poker [1st Item]
(Washington D.C.) -- You may recall in January of last year, Mayor Vincent Gray approved a bill to legalize online poker in the Nation’s Capital. This all sort of...
1/23/2012
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BLOG: Inspector General report on D.C. lottery contract: a reader’s guide
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Inspector General’s investigation into the long-running lottery procurement saga ended Friday with the submission of a 19-page report...
12/27/2011
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D.C. Council’s Evans sets date for iGaming hearing
(Washington D.C.) -- A key D.C. Council member has asked the city’s inspector general to testify at a hearing next month on the city’s first-in-the-nation...
11/30/2011
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Slots Off The Menu As D.C. Wraps Up I-Gaming Review [sub req'd]
(Washington D.C.) -- A recent series of public consultations offered no reason to prevent the D.C. Lottery from imminently deploying the United States’ first...
11/28/2011
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Changes unlikely for online gambling in D.C. / Lottery officials gathered feedback
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. Lottery officials do not plan to change the essential components of their controversial online gambling plan after holding nine community...
11/23/2011
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BLOG: Selling a done deal
(Washington D.C.) -- We live in a city whose leaders and residents have embraced the legalization of medical marijuana, needle exchange for drug addicts, and gay...
11/14/2011
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BLOG: Online Gambling: A Good Bet for D.C.?
(Washington D.C.) -- What's your iGame -- Texas Hold'em Poker, Black Jack, Bingo? Or maybe it's E-Scratch, a virtual way to scrape your way to winnings.
11/13/2011
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Simmons: Internet gambling still a hot topic
(Washington D.C.) -- In the beginning, D.C. officials created an Internet gambling law and they thought it was good. Now, not so much. Having passed the midway point of...
11/8/2011
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OP/ED: The bare-bones startup that hit the D.C. lottery jackpot
(Washington D.C.) -- INSPECTORS FROM the District’s small-business office couldn’t have been more skeptical of the newly formed company seeking certification...
10/17/2011
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Washington Holds Online Gambling Public Consultation
(Washington D.C.) -- In fulfillment of the directions of the Washington city council, DC Lottery has just completed the first of the eight public consultations.
10/15/2011
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Online Gambling Proposal for Washington D.C. Goes Public
(Washington D.C.) -- In the USA many people are a little tired of the argument against online poker especially in the city of Washington D.C. The poker players of...
10/14/2011
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Online gambling in D.C. still faces legal hurdles
(Washington D.C.) -- City officials are kicking off a series of community meetings examining the implementation of online gambling in the District as questions of...
9/25/2011
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Battle Lines Drawn in Washington DC Online Gambling Bill
(Washington D.C.) -- The battle lines have been drawn over the much in news online gambling bill of Washington DC. Though the actual fight will take place only after the...
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Online Poker In Washington D.C. Still Being Scrutinized
(Washington D.C.) -- Public consultations are a good snapshot of the opinions of the people. Washington D.C.’s proposed online poker entity is undergoing a serious...
9/12/2011
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MILLER: D.C.’s poker face / Washington is set to be the first legal online gambling den
(Washington D.C.) -- Washington is looking to skirt the federal ban on Internet gambling. Preparations are under way for the launch of iGaming, the District’s...
9/11/2011
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SIMMONS: Government of D.C. can’t thwart thieves
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. officials are deceiving themselves — and you — if they think the government will be able to outwit larcenous-hearted thieves once...
8/30/2011
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OP/ED: Gambling on online operation for D.C.
(Washington D.C.) -- CONTROVERSY MAY have forced the District to delay the launch of online gaming, but its advocates haven’t given up. The lottery operator is...
8/19/2011
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OP/ED: D.C’s political gambling games
(Washington D.C.) -- “We don’t discuss ongoing investigations,” D.C. Inspector General Charles J. Willoughby told me this week. “We don’t...
8/14/2011
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Starbucks targeted as D.C. gambling venue
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. officials' eagerness to institute online gambling in the District has caught the attention of the New York Times and D.C. taxpayer advocate...
8/13/2011
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Starved Budgets Inspire New Look at Web Gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia is not thrilled that its residents are traveling to Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia to gamble in casinos. Starved...
8/12/2011
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Internet gambling community meetings postponed
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. Lottery might soon be about more than little white balls (Julio Cortez - AP) If you were hoping to register your pleasure or displeasure with...
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Launch of DC online gambling delayed again; community forums won’t start until mid-September
(Washington D.C.) -- The launch of online gambling in the District of Columbia is being delayed again. The D.C. Lottery announced Thursday that it will reschedule...
8/11/2011
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D.C. gambling meetings set for August
(Washington D.C.) -- Congress is out of session and much of Washington is out of town. But D.C. Lottery officials indicate that it's the perfect time to seek public...
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Internet gambling community meetings postponed
(Washington D.C.) -- If you were hoping to register your pleasure or displeasure with the District’s controversial online gambling proposal at a series of...
8/8/2011
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PROF. ROSE: Poker And The Law: D.C. Lottery Plans Internet Poker
(Washington D.C.) -- On June 29, District of Columbia officials held their first, sometimes heated, public hearing on plans to start taking money bets on poker and other...
8/5/2011
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D.C. Lottery schedules public meetings on online gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Lottery has rolled out a schedule of meetings in each of the city’s eight wards to discuss its controversial online gambling program...
7/19/2011
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DC Councilmember wants to repeal online gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- A D.C. Councilmember said Tuesday that he wants to repeal a provision that would make the nation's capital the first jurisdiction in the country...
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Tommy Wells wants to repeal D.C.'s online gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- Ward 6 Councilman Tommy Wells continued to play out his new role as the council's ethics hawk on Tuesday, announcing on NewsChannel 8's...
7/16/2011
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EDITORIAL: The District should carefully consider online gaming’s downsides
(Washington D.C.) -- FINALLY, ATTENTION is focused on plans to make the District the first place in the nation to legalize online gambling. And guess what? Some...
7/12/2011
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D.C. Invites Consultation On Online Launch
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Lottery has delayed the launch of America’s first regulated online casino until at least mid-October, but public concern over gaming...
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D.C. online gambling delayed
(Washington D.C.) -- The District’s plans to launch an online casino have been delayed at least until October, city officials said. “It could be October, it...
7/11/2011
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From CFO to croupier
(Washington D.C.) -- Natwar Gandhi has gone from chief financial officer to croupier. Working in near secrecy in 2010 with at-large Councilman Michael Brown, the CFO...
7/6/2011
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D.C. Lottery's online gambling could be city's next emerging scandal
(Washington D.C.) -- Jonetta Rose Barras in her column in the Washington Examiner takes on what could be an emerging scandal resulting from "unanswered questions...
7/4/2011
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D.C. gambling plan needs scrutiny
(Washington D.C.) -- THE PUBLIC GOT its first good look last week at the District’s plans to allow online gambling as part of the D.C. Lottery. As D.C. Council...
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I-Gaming plan caps losses at $250,000
(Washington D.C.) -- Players can lose only as much as $250 a week in the D.C. Lottery’s upcoming online gambling program, but there is no limit on how much they...
7/2/2011
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Intrastate Online Gambling in Washington D.C. In Jeopardy Again
(Washington D.C.) -- Online gambling in the USA has been taking a roller coaster ride in the last year or so with propositions being approved and then vetoed and the...
7/1/2011
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Evans stalls gambling initiative amid concerns
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. Councilmember Jack Evans has stalled new D.C. gambling programs authorized without public hearings that would bring on-line gaming to District...
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Lottery to seek community input on ‘hot spots’
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Lottery has assured a key D.C. Council member that it will not roll out online gambling in public locations until communities have their...
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Online Gaming to Be Delayed: Evans
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. Council member Jack Evans said the start of online gaming in D.C. will be delayed. Evans called for additional study on the planned Internet...
6/30/2011
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D.C. Lottery will solicit public input on virtual gambling ‘hot spots’
(Washington D.C.) -- It could be a long, sweaty summer for D.C. Lottery officials, but they are still hoping for a big payoff. Facing a host of questions about plans for...
6/29/2011
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D.C. casino: Depends on how you define the words ‘slot machine ‘
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. Council members quizzed city lottery and other officials Wednesday about a fast-moving plan to launch a virtual casino in September during a...
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D.C. Lottery Faces I-Gaming Scrutiny
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia could yet act to prevent the D.C. Lottery’s planned launch of the United States’ first regulated online gaming...
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D.C. Lottery’s online-gaming plan ruled legal
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Lottery’s plan to introduce unprecedented online gambling in the District is legal as long as play occurs within city borders, the...
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Launch of DC online gambling may be delayed
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia Council might delay the launch of the nation's first government-run online gambling venture. Council member Jack Evans...
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ROSE: D.C. Proposes Rules for Internet Non-Gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia officials held a public hearing today, Wednesday, June 29, on their plans to start taking money bets on online gaming in...
6/28/2011
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D.C. lottery officials plan to back online poker for cash
(Washington D.C.) -- Residents of the nation's capital could soon be able to play government-sponsored Texas Hold 'em poker and other online games even though...
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D.C. plans to launch online casino
(Washington D.C.) -- The bright glass-and-copper library on Benning Road NE just beyond the Anacostia River opened last year as an anchor for redevelopment and a refuge...
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DC Council to hold hearing on online gambling - more than 2 months after it became law
(Washington D.C.) -- Online gambling in the District of Columbia will get its first hearing before the D.C. Council — more than two months after it became law.
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Debut dates planned for D.C.’s Internet gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- The D.C. Lottery announced roll-out dates for its unprecedented Internet gambling program, kicking it off with two demonstration games in midsummer...
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More questions about a D.C. Council member’s online gambling push
(Washington D.C.) -- WHEN D.C. COUNCIL member Michael A. Brown (I-At Large) was exploring the possibility of the District legalizing online gambling in the spring of...
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Online poker in D.C. won't have high stakes
(Washington D.C.) -- Online poker has essentially been banned in the United States, but it's legal in the nation's capital. If all goes according to plan,...
6/27/2011
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Jack Evans also has poker-related law firm conflict
(Washington D.C.) -- Later this week, D.C. Council member Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) will gavel to order a long-overdue hearing on online poker, which is soon to be legal...
6/21/2011
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Online gambling readied to roll / Lottery to start with demo games
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. Lottery officials are gearing up for unprecedented gambling over the Internet through “demonstration games” that will allow players...
6/18/2011
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Brown Doubles Down on Online Gambling in D.C.
(Washington D.C.) -- A perfect storm of circumstances seem to be coming together, clearing a path and raising hopes for online gambling to appear in D.C.
6/15/2011
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OP/ED: D.C.’s bad bet on Internet gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- BETTER LATE THAN never: The D.C. Council is finally taking steps to provide some scrutiny of plans to legalize online gambling in the District. Let...
4/19/2011
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PokerStars, Full Tilt Suspend U.S. Bets After Bank Fraud Indictment
(USA) -- The world’s largest poker sites closed their U.S. operations this weekend after the Department of Justice indicted the founders of PokerStars and Full...
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UIGEA Still A Failure, Insists Frank
(Washington D.C.) -- Attempts by the Department of Justice to enforce the 2006 UIGEA against online gambling sites will prove to be “a waste of time”,...
4/17/2011
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D.C. to offer Internet gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia is becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction to allow Internet gambling, trying to raise millions of dollars from the habits of...
4/15/2011
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Internet Gambling Gets Green Light in D.C.
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia is hoping online betting will pay off, becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction to allow Internet gambling.
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Washington DC to Offer Online Gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- Last week, as if by default, Washington DC became the first jurisdiction in the United States to legalize online gambling. In January Washington...
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The First Place to Offer Online Gambling in the U.S is D.C.?
(Washington D.C.) -- Reports have been released suggesting that Washington DC will become the first jurisdiction to offer online gambling after a 30 day period for...
4/14/2011
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Washington DC Legalises Online Poker in Surprise Move
(Washington D.C.) -- The first district in the United States to legalise online poker is now Washington DC! In a move that has rocked the world of online poker and...
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“Internet” gambling coming to DC
(Washington D.C.) -- When DC first announced the concept of the legalization of online gambling, I had hoped what it might mean was access once again to the main online...
4/13/2011
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DC To Launch Online Gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- Online gambling is coming to the District. The city is the first in the nation to do it. The measure was part of the D.C. budget, which just passed...
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Texas Hold 'Em With a Twist in D.C.
(Washington D.C.) -- Online gaming is indeed on the way to Washington, but there are a few catches. First, players will have to physically be within the city's...
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‘Hot spots’ part of D.C. officials’ plan to allow Internet-based gambling in city
(Washington D.C.) -- D.C. officials said they are planning to set up 20 to 30 online gambling “hot spots” in hotels, bars, clubs and other venues across the...
4/12/2011
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D.C. Internet gambling law clears Congress
(Washington D.C.) -- A District law to establish Internet gambling through the D.C. Lottery has cleared the congressional approval process, making the city the first U.S...
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Washington, D.C. to allow Internet gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia is becoming the first U.S. jurisdiction to allow Internet gambling, moving ahead of traditional gaming meccas like New...
4/11/2011
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Rating agency: Internet gambling legalization ‘increasingly likely’
(Massachusetts) -- A prominent credit rating agency now sees internet gambling gathering momentum in states and in Congress, potentially complicating the calculus on...
4/10/2011
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Washington D.C. Could Offer Regulated Online Poker
(Washington D.C.) -- If all goes well, Washington D.C. could become the first place in the country to offer regulated online poker, according to an article in the Wall...
4/9/2011
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Online Poker May Be Coming to Washington, DC
(Washington D.C.) -- In breaking news from Washington, DC, the nation’s capital has apparently become the first jurisdiction to legalize intrastate online poker.
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Washington DC to be the First State Legalizing Intrastate Online Gambling?
(Washington D.C.) -- No, the title of this article is not kidding or lying. In one of the most ironic articles I have ever written it seems that the place where the...
4/8/2011
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Nation's Capital Bets Online Poker Is Lawful
(Washington D.C.) -- Washington, D.C., is poised to become the first place in the U.S. to allow online poker, challenging the federal government's effective ban on...
4/7/2011
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DC poker decision expected this week
(Washington D.C.) -- The District of Columbia could overtake a number of American states in the race to become the first jurisdiction in the country to regulate online...
4/1/2011
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Online Poker to Be Legalized, Taxed
(Washington D.C.) -- While a fiercely contested debate over proposed online gaming bills continues in California, federal lawmakers have introduced a bill that could...
3/31/2011
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Online Poker Sites and Casinos Forming Alliances Sparks Hope for Federal Poker Legislation
(Washington D.C.) -- The partnership between Wynn Resorts and PokerStars announced last week sparks optimism that passing a federal online poker bill may be possible...
3/25/2011
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Efforts to legalize online poker in the U.S. pick up steam
(Washington D.C.) -- The often stop-and-go efforts to legalize online poker in the United States gained some steam in Nevada this week, as state lawmakers began...
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Online poker: US states gamble on making it legal
(Washington D.C.) -- Each year, an estimated 10 million Americans participate in an activity that is ostensibly illegal: online poker. In recent years, the US Congress...
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Push to reform US online gambling laws
(Washington D.C.) -- Steve Wynn, the casino mogul who reshaped Las Vegas in the 1980s, is leading a push to reform internet gambling legislation in the US after striking...
3/21/2011
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Internet Gambling Bill Introduced in House
(Washington D.C.) -- Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank and California Republican Rep. John Campbell have introduced the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer...
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Internet Gambling Bill Will Get Hearing, Campbell Says
(Washington D.C.) -- An Internet gambling bill introduced in Congress last week is likely to be scheduled for a hearing “sometime after May” by the House...
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Industry perspective: New federal bill - is it legit or a stall tactic?
(Washington D.C.) -- The battle to legalize wagering over the Internet has been full of starts and stops (mostly stops) over the past decade. And one of the more curious...
3/20/2011
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Another Push For US Online Gambling Bill
(Washington D.C.) -- It seems that Barney Frank’s 2010 proposed legalised gambling bill has been revived and is well and truly alive and kicking.
3/19/2011
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Barney Frank Introduces Anti-UIGEA Bill
(Washington D.C.) -- Barney Frank had introduced the anti-UIGEA bill HR 2267 in the 111th Congress. With the end of the two year term of the 111th Congress the slate was...
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Frank teams up with Campbell on new Internet Gambling Bill
(Washington D.C.) -- A longtime advocate of legalizing and regulating the online gaming industry, Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA) has teamed up with his Republican...
3/18/2011
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Bipartisan bill on Net gaming introduced
(Washington D.C.) -- Attempts to regulate Internet gaming on a federal level continued Thursday with the introduction of a bipartisan bill that would establish federal...
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Internet gambling bill introduced in U.S. House
(Washington D.C.) -- U.S. Representatives Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) and John Campbell (R-California) have introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives...
3/17/2011
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Internet Gambling Bill Introduced in the House
(Washington D.C.) -- The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act was introduced in the House today by Congressman John Campbell (R-CA)...
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Lawmakers Renew Bid To Legalize Online Gambling
(Washington D.C.) -- As expected, group of House lawmakers Thursday reintroduced legislation that would legalize online gambling and set up a regime for regulating the...
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