Bovada continues to limit its restrictions on U.S. players with a ban on all accounts from the state of Washington. Players will now have until the end of this month to withdraw their account balances.

The Fraternal Order of Police, a lobby group working behind the scenes in Washington on behalf of more than 300,000 law-enforcement officers, has issued an official letter of support of regulated online poker in the United States.

Utah has become the first U.S. state to take actions against the possibility of federal online gambling regulation. Lawmakers last week signed a new bill that prohibits all types of online gambling in the state, now and in the future.

A set of bills that would allow intrastate online gambling in Hawaii have failed and will now be scrapped. The failure means that Hawaii will remain one of two states in the U.S. without any form of legal gambling.

Iowa's aspirations to offer legal intrastate online poker moved closer to becoming reality on Tuesday night after the proposed legislation was approved by the State Senate. The bill will now move on to the House.

Bodog's US-facing branch, Bovada.lv, yesterday decided to block all real-money players from Maryland. The decision comes two weeks after an indictment against Bodog founder Calvin Ayre was unsealed in the state.

A proposed bill that would introduce intrastate online poker in Mississippi never got off its feet and died in the House Committee on Tuesday. There is no word on whether a new proposal will be introduced.

The Maltese gambling regulators, LGA, has imposed sanctions on the Everleaf Network after finding operational irregularities. The decision was made public today by the LGA.

Bwin.party has officially applied for a Nevada online gaming license through its partnership with MGM/Boyd. If approved, the license could mark the return of PartyPoker to the American market after three years' absence.

New Jersey could overtake Nevada in the race to become the first U.S. state to offer legal online poker. New legislation that would set up intrastate poker is expected to pass on March 15.

The seizure of the Bodog.com domain seems to have been just an early warning of more serious charges against Bodog founder Calvin Ayre. Ayre was indicted today alongside three other men for illegal gambling activities and money laundering.

Californian lawmakers have made another push for legalizing online gambling within state borders. A new online gambling bill was introduced this weekend, tailored at combating the Golden State's bleeding state budgets.

Mississippi has become the latest U.S. state to introduce an online gambling bill. The Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming act of 2012 seeks to legalize and regulate online poker within the state.

MGM CEO Jim Murren has reiterated his expectations that legalized online poker will arrive to the U.S. already this year. MGM expects to be one of the first companies to offer legal games, Murren said.

Iowa legislators on Monday approved a new bill that will pave the way for legal online poker in the state. If passed, the bill will also allow for interstate and international operators to offer online poker in the future.

A fresh report from Washington claims that there will be no further attempts to introduce online gambling legislation in the U.S. before 2013. Instead, individual states will take the lead, experts say.

Senator Harry Reid has put an end to speculations that an online poker bill might be attached to the payroll tax bill at the end of this month. Reid did not provide any further explanations for the decision.

The Everleaf Network is set to withdraw completely from the U.S. and French markets following legal threats from authorities. A ban on U.S. and French players has been written into the network's terms and conditions.

A lobbyist claims that an online poker bill could be amended to the United States Senate's unemployment payroll bill this month. The amendment would help a bill pass before states introduce their own gambling legislations.

The US Gaming Survey and the Poker Players Alliance have published the result of a large-scale survey of the behavior of U.S. poker players. The survey showed that the majority of the players would prefer playing in a regulated environment.

Utah Representative Stephen Sandstrom has introduced a bill, which would allow Utah to opt out of a federally regulated online gambling scheme. Sandstrom wants to keep Utah free of online gambling, he says.

Caesars Interactive Entertainment and 888 Holding have extended their online poker collaboration from the UK to include the U.S. The move will prepare the WSOP for a regulated American market.

Despite having introduced legislation that would pave the way for online gambling, the District of Columbia council remains divided on how, or even if, the system should be put into place. The project will remain on hold for now.

An article evaluating the future of online gambling on social networks like Facebook estimates that new regulation in the U.S. could help drive enormous revenues and traffic. Facebook alone could become a $100 billon company.