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The Illinois Legislature's veto session is underway, but the Internet Gaming Act won't be getting another look after all.

PokerNews we admit we've heard that sentence before. Wire Act to the US Supreme Court, it would appear that shared liquidity in US online poker is now a distinct possibility. That would mean that the seven states that have already legalized online poker (Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michigan and Connecticut) could all be playing against one another by the end of 2021. How Did We Get Here? In 2011, the Department of Justice concluded that the Wire Act was only applicable to sports betting. What is the Wire Act? The Wire Act is a United State federal law that state...

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USPoker looks at states considering legal, regulated online poker. Some have seen momentum, while others will have to wait.

In fireworks-wary Illinois, relaxing law sparks a debate John O'Connor, Associated Press April 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Legislation sponsored by Democratic Rep. Robert Rita would add to a short list of allowable novelty fireworks “ground-based sparklers that are nonexplosive and non-aerial” to light up backyards on Independence Day or other family festivals.Ren Photo | Getty Images Sandwiched between states that consider fireworks a veritable patriotic right, Illinois advocates are trying to loosen what are among the nation’s strictest prohibitions by legalizing “fountains,” a ...