From iGaming Business – The American Gaming Association (AGA) applauded yesterday’s US Senate hearing on online gambling and renewed its calls for the federal regulatory system it favours to be followed as a regulatory course over the state-by -state model currently taking shape in the American market. The AGA also called for a ban on online casino-style ‘games of chance’ while a federal regulatory set up would make the business model much more attractive for AGA members offering online poker. Geoff Freeman, the newly-appointed president and chief executive of the AGA, said: “Internet poker is a reality that is here…

Not many people think about the US casino industry on a regular basis. In Frank Fahrenkopf’s D.C. corner office, which is located a block off Pennsylvania Avenue, are the custom desk from London he had crafted 24 years ago, an American flag standing in the corner and a knickknack of herding elephants signifying the job he once held as chairman of the Republican National Committee. The wall of framed photos with political heavyweights from Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to Barack Obama — reputedly one of the more impressive collections in town accumulated over 30 years — has been taken…

From This Week in Gambling – We catch up with Mr. Fahrenkopf, outgoing President of the American Gaming Association, at the iGaming Super Show as he heads for retirement. Take a few moments to hear his thoughts on where the industry is heading over the next several years, and his plans for the future.  .   WATCH OUR INTERVIEW WITH FORMER AGA PRESIDENT FRANK FAHRENKOPF