Bally Technology, IGT Granted First Nevada Online Gaming Licenses - and more links for you

Okay, the links are:

- "The rival firms, Bally Technologies and International Game Technology (IGT), were both unanimously approved for online gaming licenses" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]


- "5050Poker contract terminated by Microgaming" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
- Online Poker Bill In California Still Alive - "Despite California's online poker bill being pulled from the agenda before being voted on by a Senate committee roughly two weeks ago, the measure is currently being amended by its sponsors in preparation of a possible hearing on the issue prior to a legislative summer recess set for July 6. The bill's sponsors, Senators Roderick Wright and Darrell Steinberg, are meeting with the state's gambling interest groups this week to hear their concerns and work on amending SB1463 in an effort to appease all the parties involved. A difficult task to accomplish considering that tribal casinos, cardrooms and horse racing interests all want a piece of the revenue that online poker legislation would bring to the Golden State" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]

- "Battle of the Planets: It's summertime, everyone in the pool! Nine-way chops ends the June freeroll" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
- "Fiscal Uncertainty" Causing High Volume Players to Spanish Online Poker Rooms - "Andrs Nieto Porras, Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic Professionals and "high value" customers are still steering clear of Spanish online poker rooms, according to Sacha Michaud, president of Spanish gaming association Jdigital" - [pokerfuse.com]

- "Ongame skin Hollywood Poker abruptly closed today, updating its website to state only that it had stopped offering online poker and players would be migrated to fellow Ongame poker room RedKings" - [pokerfuse.com]

Online Gambling Bill Clears New Jersey Committee - and my top selection of links

We're speaking about people (Ylon Schwartz and Mitt Romney), places (New Jersey and Macau) and everything in the middle.


Ok, let's get going. All the links:

• Online Gambling Bill Clears New Jersey Committee - "A proposal to regulate Online gambling in New Jersey advanced on a 6-0 vote by the Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee and will now head to the full Assembly for another vote. However, that vote may not take place until after the summer because of Gov. Chris Christie's wavering stance on the issue and his desire to delay the matter" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "Last night, while relaxing over a pia colada at the end of a dramatic day of poker, Celina Lin was talking about sports betting" - [www.pokerstarsblog.com]
  
  
  
• "The stacked HORSE field is down to just 15 with some very familiar names still in the hunt" - [www.bluffeurope.com]
  
  
  
• "Microgaming Poker Network to Implement New Rake Distribution System for Operators" - [www.pokernewsdaily.com]
  
• Ylon Schwartz Sheds 'Nearly Man' Tag With WSOP Event #27 Win - "American Ylon Schwartz was super happy to take down the $1,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E" - [www.pokernewsreport.com]
  
• "The bwin.be domain will remain on the blacklist of illegal sites operating in Belgium after its Court of First Instance dismissed bwin.party's lawsuit late last week" - [pokerfuse.com]