Gaming Counsel
Non-Binding Legal Correspondent
Stuart Hoegner is Managing Director of Gaming Counsel, PC. An expert in international gaming law, mergers and acquisitions, and taxation, his day job entails advising owners of internet poker brands, professional poker players, and operators of online skill games, casinos, auction sites, bookmakers, and media operations.
A member of the International Masters of Gaming Law, Stu began writing for Pokerati and otherwise being free and easy with opinions in 2010. In his spare time he enjoys playing golf, reading books about history and grammar, and shooting craps.
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Sentencing Delay for Brent Beckley
Court Intends to Consider an Upward Departure
19 May 2012An order has hit the docket in the Black Friday prosecutions in New York. In it, Judge Lewis Kaplan indicates that the court will consider an upward adjustment in Mr. Beckley’s sentence on the ground of “an aggravating circumstance.” What does this mean? In Mr. Beckley’s plea agreement, the government and he agreed that his U.S. Sentencing [...]
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Jersey Gaming Shores
Gaming Law News with @JoeBrennanJr and @GamingCounsel
01 May 2012Joe Brennan, Jr., the head of iMEGA, and I are appearing on a show for CEM Audio Edge on Thursday, May 24th at 2 pm Central time (3 pm Eastern, noon Pacific, etc.). The link for the show and a description of it is here. Joe and I will be discussing gaming—including Internet gaming—developments in New Jersey. [...]
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UNLV Internet Gaming Regulation Symposium
Come for the CLE Credits - Stay for the Knowledge
19 Apr 2012The Boyd School of Law at UNLV will host an Internet Gaming Regulation Symposium on May 18. The conference is being sponsored by Lewis & Roca. You can read more about the conference and speakers and register for it here. I’m preparing a paper on financial transaction handling (with a focus on anti-money laundering) for the [...]
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Catch Me If You Can
28 Feb 2012I expect that more will be said about the indictment of Bodog Entertainment, Calvin Ayre, and 3 others in the coming days and months, but for now, a copy of the indictment itself is here. A copy of the seizure warrant and underlying materials is here. What’s interesting to me after a very brief read is [...]
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The unco-operative Mr. Beckley (Part II)
No question mark this time—further indications that he's not a co-operating witness
28 Dec 2011I wrote a blog post a week ago suggesting that Brent Beckley, who pleaded guilty on December 20th to two federal counts in the Black Friday indictments, may not be a co-operating witness for the government. This was based on a reading of the press release issued by the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of [...]
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Dear DOJ Letter
23 Dec 2011The Memorandum for the Department of Justice’s Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, on (the poetically-named) ‘Whether Proposals by Illinois and New York to Use the Internet and Out-of-State Transaction Processors to Sell Lottery Tickets to In-State Adults Violates the Wire Act’ is available here.
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The Unco-operative Mr. Beckley?
21 Dec 2011Brent Beckley pled guilty in US federal court in Manhattan yesterday to two counts contained in the criminal indictment unveiled in April of this year (United States v. Scheinberg et al). The first count was conspiracy to engage in unlawful Internet gambling, contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 371—this is a general conspiracy provision applied to [...]
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www.bwinpartymgmboyd.com
Some thoughts on a new joint venture
01 Nov 2011Yesterday, MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM), Boyd Gaming (NYSE:BYD), and bwin.party digital entertainment (LSE:BPTY) announced a joint venture in the United States. This as-yet-unnamed entity – to be owned 65% by bwin.party, 25% by MGM, and 10% by Boyd – would, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, ”offer poker to U.S. customers under bwin.party’s brands.” There appear to [...]
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Under Pressure
New allegations from the DOJ against Full Tilt; a good time to release the AGA Code of Conduct
21 Sep 2011Yesterday the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York sought leave to file a first amended civil complaint in US v. PokerStars et al. Mr. Pokerati posted a link to the amended complaint; if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s here. The government’s memorandum in support of the motion is here. As widely reported yesterday, the order [...]
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Tilt on Tilt
26 Jul 2011The Full Tilt section 49 hearing in London is continuing. The hearing commissioners are apparently considering whether to continue the proceedings in camera (i.e., in private), further to Full Tilt’s lawyers’ strong contention that the hearing should not be held in the public glare. Joseph Ewens has written a good update on what’s happening here. [...]
