The fight over American online gambling may now be over, and it looks like the good guys have won the battle! The First Circuit Court of Appeals has made a decision in the New Hampshire Lottery case after the Justice Department appealed the first decision. But if the DOJ wasn’t happy before, they won’t be happy now! Hello friends! And thanks so much for streaming another edition of This Week in Gambling where the fight for American online gambling may have just come to a crashing halt! And that is this week’s big story! For nearly 15 years now some…

Online gambling is back before Congress, and some are betting it will move forward this time. Congress has swung into action this year after moves by states to set up their own Internet wagering systems. At least two bills to regulate Internet gambling have been introduced in the House of Representatives, and a Senate committee has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday on the matter. After years of treating online gambling as criminal, the US government quietly shifted its stand in late 2011 when the Justice Department released an opinion stating that only sports betting should be prohibited under a 1961…