US Archive

The Ohio Lottery has been around for more than 4 decades, but compared to other state-run lottery systems, some would argue Ohio’s version is outdated and less productive. According to a new study commissioned by Ohio Governor John Kasich, it’s high time the organization start facilitating legal online casinos, but not before going semi-private....
Having a go on the pokies at the local club is nothing out of the ordinary here Down Under. In the US, though, it’s a different story – at least, in most states. For the last few years, Illinois has been stealing a page from Australia, installing slot machines at a dozen municipal golf...
How many times have state governments passed laws that accidentally did more or less than the drafting legislators intended? More times than anyone can count, I’m sure, like when Florida flubbed on a prohibition of internet gambling cafes that technically made it illegal to use a computer in the state – oops! Now Washington is crying...
Len Ainsworth is one of Australia’s most remarkable businessmen. In 1953, at the age of just 29, he established what quickly became one of the world’s largest poker machine manufacturers, Aristocrat Leisure. Four decades later, he sold that company and founded a similar brand, Ainsworth Game Technology. Now at the age of 92, he’s...
2013 was a tremendous year for online poker in the US. Three states regulated the activity and launched internet poker rooms. As this fledgling industry prepares to enter its fourth year of operation, we’ll take a look at what 2015 did, and didn’t do, for US online poker. The markets in question are, of...
For years, advocates of online poker have argued that the game should be perfectly legal due to it’s being a ‘game of skill’. The majority of lawmakers in the US have failed to agree, maintaining its legal categorization as “gambling”. Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) has been declared a game of skill (although that may...
The question of legality surrounding daily fantasy sports (DFS) sites in the US was raised right about the same time major operators like DraftKings and FanDuel hit the world wide web several years back. Five states (Arizona, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Washington) immediately declared the activity illegal, and operators responded by denying access to players...