Poker News – The Netherlands may be known for its liberal stance on soft drugs and prostitution, but it’s a whole different story when it comes to gambling and poker. There are no legal online poker sites, while state-owned Holland Casino is the only bricks-and-mortar operator available for card players to sharpen their skills in a live environment. However, legal and regulated online gambling is slowly coming to fruition in the country, although we’re still probably 18 months away from licensed operators opening their virtual doors to customers. iGaming legislation called the Dutch Remote Gambling Act was drawn up last…

From OSGA.com – Las Vegas casinos are still pushing for a federal online gambling law with or without an advocacy group to speak for them and last week Joe Barton reintroduced a new variation of his bill. This time, however, the impetus for the new federal bills isn’t because an election is around the corner but rather because states are preparing to legalize both online poker and online casinos and this is a last ditch attempt to create a federal bill before the floodgates open. New Jersey already passed an online gambling bill for poker and casino games and Iowa,…

From Poker News – Congressman Joe Barton (R-Tex.) said Tuesday that he believes once more populous states get involved in Internet poker, it will lead to legislation at the federal level within the next few years. Participating in a conference call hosted by the Poker Players Alliance, Barton, who introduced the Internet Poker Freedom Act of 2013 last week, indicated that he didn’t believe there will ever be a point where enough states pursue regulation to make a federal bill unnecessary. Instead, he sees the spreading of online poker on a state-by-state basis igniting more and more people to join…