Steve Ruddock is a longtime member of the online gambling industry. He covers the regulated US online casino and poker industries for variety of publications, including OnlinePokerReport.com, PlayNJ.com, USPoker.com, and USA Today.
For years, California's tribes and card rooms have been at odds over the player-dealt house-banked games offered in the state's licensed card rooms. Read More
After hosting 2 high stakes tournaments last year, Aria Casino announced that they will be holding a tournament with an expected prize pool of $25 million. Read More
The tribal casinos in California have recently been accusing the California card rooms of offering house banked games, which is against the law. Read More
Mississippi and Washington were the two most recent states to have representatives make a legal case for legalized online gaming without substantial success Read More
Two new bills, AB 9 and AB 167, have been introduced in Congress. Both bills hope to legalize online gambling in California and are good starting points. Read More
With the Super Bowl ready to be played later today, there are several poker consistencies that correlate with poker players and events in recent events. Read More
The newly filed Nevada online gambling bill calls for the NGC to keep in mind new technologies for making regulations. Social gaming will be more prominent. Read More
Although Sheldon Adelson has recently been finding much success in the argument about Legalized US iGaming, numbers show opposition outnumbers supporters. Read More