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With Isai still under indictment, the sale and change of ownership is necessary for PokerStars to enter U.S. markets where online gambling is now legalized.

An exception would have been made for New Jersey if it had decided to legalize sports gambling within a year of the law passing.

Concerned «that the whole mess might be swept under the rug,» Professor Snyder resigned from the commission, but not before asking Governor Grasso for a full investigation of legalized gambling in Connecticut.

• In a victory for proponents of legalized sports gambling, the Oregon lottery commission last week approved plans for Sports Action, a statewide football lottery (SI, June 19) to begin in September.

Groups concerned about the state's gambling expansion say the irony is not lost that Cuomo now seeks to enhance charitable gambling operations after he led the support of the 2013 referendum for legalizing up to seven new Las Vegas - style casinos.

A former marketing rep for the New York State Lottery says the state's expansion of legalized gambling fed addictions and tore apart families.

As reported by my counterpart Chris Bragg at our sister publication Crain's New York Business, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced plans for a November referendum that would legalize full - scale casino gambling in the state, not just at the tracks and off - track betting facilities that have them now.

The New York legislature was closing down on an end - of - session deal that would strip convicted lawmakers of their pensions, extend mayoral control of New York City schools for one more year, and legalize daily fantasy sports gambling.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: «Gambling always makes me queasy because I think for a lot of people it's an addiction... It's hard to get entirely excited about it,» — Bill de Blasio, on the Supreme Court's decision legalizing sports betting

Within days, the Committee to Save New York also adopted the issue, adding legalized gambling to its list of priorities for the 2011 legislative session.

Gov. Matt Bevin (R) said about last week's Supreme Court decision allowing states to decide whether or not to legalize sports gambling, «Whether this ultimately results in any change for Kentucky is something that will be determined... in a future legislative session,» reports the Courier - Journal.

In his State of the State speech in January, Mr. Cuomo raised the stakes further, calling for the constitutional amendment to legalize casino gambling and proposing to transform Genting's planned resort near Aqueduct into a destination casino resort that would include the nation's largest convention center.

Kristin Davis, the self - professed «Manhattan Madam,» made a case for raising revenue by proposing to legalize marijuana and casino gambling, and also offered some of the best barbs of the night.

The editor of City Journal thinks legalizing gambling is a bad strategy for the state.

The state legislature was closing in on an end - of - session deal that would strip convicted lawmakers of their pensions, extend mayoral control of New York City schools for one more year, and legalize daily fantasy sports gambling.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is coordinating a robust campaign to persuade voters to approve a constitutional amendment legalizing an expansion of non-Indian casino gambling, an important part of his economic development plan for upstate.

«For state legislators, it is much harder to raise taxes on income or sales or cut spending on education or other vital services, while legalizing and expanding gambling is seen as a relatively easy and painless source of revenue and job growth,» said Lucy Dadayan, the Rockefeller analyst who wrote the report.

With the Legislature considering bills to legalize online daily fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings, some lawmakers and advocates say any revenue for the state should go toward education, as has been traditional for gambling - generated cash in New York.

The Senate also voted for the first time to legalize gambling on online poker in the state, a historic expansion of gambling, passing a bill 53 to 5 to allow the state's 11 racetrack casinos to apply for 11 licenses to hold online poker games.

The top priorities for 2012 now include: Continue fiscal discipline by «working to reduce spending by $ 2 billion will help balance the budget and increase New York's competitive edge,» enacting pension reform, passing mandate relief and regulatory reform, and legalizing non-Indian casino gambling.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes his case this week for amending the New York State Constitution to legalize casino gambling, we should also listen to his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo.

In addition to the convention center plan, the Governor introduced a range of policy proposals building on his legislative success in 2011, including the creation of a new pension tier for new state employees and an expected push to legalize gambling in the state.

Karen Hinton — married to State Operations Director Howard Glaser, one of the governor's oldest friends and a key figure in Cuomo's high - stakes efforts to legalize casino gambling, bring a new power utility to Long Island, and finalize a decision on hydrofracking for natural gas — is a «managing director» at Mercury Public Affairs, which was founded by several former aides and advisers to Republican former Gov. George Pataki.

The governor said his administration was «actively» investigating whether full - scale commercial gambling should be legalized in the state, a move that would quite likely draw significant public disagreement but could offer huge financial benefits for the state and be a source of upstate jobs.

Mr. Cuomo used his power over the decennial redistricting process to win some victories in March: He was able to get lawmakers, who wanted him to sign the gerrymandered legislative maps they had drawn, to agree to curb pension benefits for future public workers, to create a more rigorous system for evaluating schoolteachers, and to take the first step toward legalizing a significant expansion of casino gambling.

While Ike wants nothing to do with gambling and hopes a bill legalizing it does not get passed, Ben is already planning how to maximize the action at the Miramar and get a sizable chunk for himself.

As for the pachinko side of things, there is currently a bill that is waiting to be passed by Japan's Diet about legalizing casino gambling.

It remains to be seen whether pachinko, for many decades a legal gray area, will survive in Japan's new era of legalized gambling.

And over time, support for legalized online gambling has only grown stronger.

Luckily for Zynga, 46 % of Americans are willing to accept legalized online gambling provided it is regulated by the government.

Let's not lose sight of reality: the possibility for legalized online gambling is a longshot.

The one thing they all have in common is they will be running afoul of an obscure federal law that for 25 years has prohibited states from legalizing sports gambling.

But, at least one real - life Brandon Lang has, in the wake of last night's inspirational Saints victory, called on President Obama to legalize, once and for all, sports gambling and all other online gambling, nationwide.

With all of this being said, the future is uncertain for states that were just beginning to gain momentum on the legalized online gambling front.