Sara Slane, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs for the American Gaming Association, has been invited to speak before a Congressional Committee on Sports Betting. Ms. Slane will provide testimony on behalf of the gaming industry, highlighting the AGA’s core principles for legalized sports betting. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations announced earlier that they will be holding a hearing titled “Post-PASPA: An Examination of Sports Betting in America” on Thursday, September 27th at 10:00 a.m. EDT. Information on additional witnesses for the Committee on Sports Betting hearing has not yet been finalized, but it…

US Congress is planning to host a hearing on sports betting next week, with the NFL American football league among those reportedly invited to testify. The move comes after the Supreme Court last month voted to overturn the federal 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). PASPA had blocked more states from regulating sports betting, but since last month’s ruling, a number of states have passed legislation and began accepting legal sports wagers. Delaware became the first state to legalise sports betting post-PASPA earlier this month, while New Jersey, which led the effort to overturn PASPA, last week also…

Last week, I shared with you news that poker public enemy #1 Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson has been lobbying the House Appropriations Committee for language hostile to online poker. Per the Adelson ban plan, since our opponents know their proposed prohibition would be crushed in an open up-or-down vote, this was to be inserted in that committee’s latest budget bill. However, due to the outstanding efforts of poker advocates and lobbyists, anti-poker Reps. Charlie Dent (R-PA) and Henry Cuellar (D-TX) quickly conceded defeat and withdrew their measure without even seeking a vote! While it may seem odd that…