This Week in Gambling: It will not be a very Merry Christmas for billionaire hypocrite Sheldon Adelson. He has literally spent millions of dollars in an effort to promote his Restoration of Americas Wire Act (RAWA), his self-serving agenda to ban online gambling thinly disguised as legislation. The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is now reporting that the U.S.Senate has passed their final bill of 2016 without any RAWA verbiage included. The bill was a government spending bill, which will fund operations well into next year. The House of Representatives passed this bill earlier, also without the inclusion of RAWA, and…

Cardplayer.com has been speaking to Michigan State Senator Mike Kowall and the online gambling bill creator is confident that the bill will pass by the end of the year. With the focus squarely on proceedings on the online gambling space in Pennsylvania, the state of Michigan has thrown their hat in the ring to be the first state to legalise online gambling since New Jersey way back in 2013. The bill’s creator, Senator Mike Kowall, told Cardplayer.com that there was still ‘plenty of time’ to get the bill underneath the noses of the right people, and firmly believes Michigan residents…

The league owners voted to pass two rule changes Wednesday that will be seen as one-year experiments. The first rule is something that has been covered extensively and was expected to pass — automatic ejection of a player who receives two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties in a game. Coaches were opposed to the automatic ejection penalty, but owners seem to like the idea. The second rule that passed will essentially eliminate the need for teams to return kickoffs. The league has moved the touchback from the 20-yard line to the 25-yard line. Making kickoff returns safer is something the league has been…

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham is a long shot to be president. So the South Carolina Republican, who announced his campaign Monday, needs help from some very powerful people to reach his ultimate goal. Actually, there’s one person, in particular. Graham is hoping to get a boost (in the form of millions of dollars to his super PAC, preferably) from Jewish mega-donor and Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. Adelson is a rich man with a near-singular focus on one issue: banning online gambling. It’s a moral hazard to America’s great nation, says Adelson, who has vowed to “spend whatever it takes” to ensure…