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Two different online gambling bills have been introduced in the Massachusetts Legislature. One bill covers internet lottery sales, while the other bill covers more board gaming. Massachusetts Senator Jennifer Flanagan has introduced Senate Bill 101. The bill would legalize internet lottery sales. The bill would allow for lotto, keno and scratch off tickets to be sold over the internet. Scratch off tickets could resemble casino style slot machines with symbols used to determine the outcome. Online lottery players would be required to be at least 18 years of age and be located within the state at the time of purchase. Safeguards would be in place to determine both the player’s age and physical location.

Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr has introduced Senate Bill 197. This bill would legalize a number of online gambling games. The bill itself allows the state to license internet gambling companies to operate within the state. These companies could offer a number of games as long as they did not offer games that directly competed with the state lottery. This would likely mean video poker, table games and video poker could be offered by licensed casino companies.

Both bills would allow for the state to network its online gaming offers with other states.

Massachusetts approved brick and mortar casinos in 2011. There is a rush to claim the four casino licenses available. There will be three full service casinos and one slots parlor in the state once the licenses have been awarded. No casinos are currently live in Massachusetts. This makes the internet licensing process vague since possible state partners have yet to be named. The bill does not require a license holder to operate a brick and mortar gaming business within the state, but the licensing requirements would ultimately be up to the state government should the bill pass. Delaware and Nevada have already passed online gambling within their states. Nevada passed online poker regulations in 2011 and passed a law this week that allows the governor to enter into interstate compacts for poker. Delaware will operate online poker and casino games through its powerful state lottery. Both states hope to be live later this year. The New Jersey Legislature will consider Governor Christie’s conditional veto items next week. The bill covers online poker and casino games. They are expected to pass these conditions and have the bill back to the governor by the end of the week.

Massachusetts Lawmakers to Consider Online Gambling

It's official: confirming the hype-fueled rumors, Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z have announced that they will indeed head out on tour together.

The summer stadium tour, dubbed "Legends of The Summer," kicks off a series of 12 concerts starting July 17 in Toronto and winds down Aug. 16 in Miami. The two will also play in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Detroit, Baltimore and Hershey, Pa


Timberlake's upcoming album, "The 20/20 Experience," will be released March 19 on RCA Records. Timberlake has already released two singles, "Suit & Tie" with Jay-Z and the eight-minute "Mirrors," and performed "Pusher Love Girl" and "That Girl" live. It was announced earlier this week that Timberlake and Jay-Z would headline London's Wireless Festival this summer.

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Now that Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has signed legislation legalizing online interstate gaming, what’s next for online poker fans in the United States?

The state’s legislators and Sandoval rushed to pass and sign AB114 on Thursday, authorizing Nevada to enter into compacts with other states to offer Internet poker, ahead of New Jersey’s similar efforts.

On Feb. 7, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie had vetoed an online gambling bill but could sign another version next week.

U.S. online gambling nearly halted after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 was implemented.

But the Department of Justice issued a letter in 2011 stating that the federal Wire Act of 1961 only applies to sports betting.

With passage of Nevada’s new legislation, “the U.S. online gambling industry has been reborn,” said Ken LaMance, attorney and managing editor for the LegalMatch Law Library.

Nevada’s bill removes a state provision that requires federal legislation or approval from the Department of Justice before online gaming licenses are made active. The legislation requires the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt regulations authorizing Gov. Sandoval to make the agreements with other states.

LaMance said he expects New Jersey to pass similar legislation in the coming weeks.

“The only question now is how many other U.S. states will pass similar online gambling legislation allowing online gambling companies to operate in their state, or allow their citizens to participate in this online gambling in Nevada or New Jersey,” LaMance said.

What does this all mean for poker fans and other states?

“We’re currently in unchartered waters,” LaMance said.

A few states have passed legislation prohibiting residents from engaging in online gambling, like Illinois and Louisiana but, LaMance said, that could change. However, the federal government can pass its own regulations that would preempt state law, including that of Nevada.

“But this seems unlikely since the federal government has traditionally left gambling regulation to the individual states,” he said.

LaMance said legislation and enforcement have previously only targeted online companies, not individuals, from engaging in online gambling.

“With the large number of online companies likely sprouting up in Nevada, online gambling players are going to have abundant options, with the added security of knowing their money is stored domestically and not in some questionable offshore account,” he said.

The Nevada law authorizes private companies to operate online gambling sites in Nevada after they pay the state a fee. Certain companies that have been operating illegal online gambling companies will be barred from participation for five years, after which they can apply for a license.

“There is so much money at stake that I anticipate there will be a tidal wave of new companies entering this very lucrative market,” LaMance said.


What’s Next After Nevada Legalizes Online Interstate Gaming - ABC News

Lady Gaga has received a pre-surgery pep talk from a former boyfriend of Cameron Diaz and Kate Hudson.

The Bad Romance singer, 26, was forced to undergo a serious operation on her hip this week after cancelling the remaining dates of her world tour.

She shared the same top surgeon, Dr Bryan Kelly, as the actresses' former love interest and New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez, who assured her that the procedure would go smoothly.

"Alex was at Dr Kelly's office for a follow-up, while Gaga was preparing for surgery," a source close to the star told the New York Post's Page Six.

"It's natural for anyone to be nervous ahead of this type of surgery, especially as a performer or athlete under tremendous pressure to make a quick recovery and be back at peak performance . . . Gaga was anxious, but Alex talked to her for a while and was able to reassure her."

Lady Gaga admitted the injury had left her in "chronic pain" after she hid it from her colleagues for a long time and continued performing.

But the singer announced last week she could no longer continue the final leg of her Born This Way Ball tour because of the pain, which will reportedly result in up to $US30 million in refunds.

Following the operation on Wednesday at New York's Hospital for Special Surgery, she thanked her fans for giving her the strength to get through her ordeal and put her problems in perspective.

In an open letter, she wrote: "As they wheeled me into surgery today, I thought about all of your pain and perseverance, your unique family situations, school environments, health issues, homelessness, identity struggles - sometimes you are so brave that it terrifies me. I wonder how it's even possible. "So I thought to myself, I'm alive, I'm living my dream, and this is just a bump in the road. I'm grateful because this is temporary, and for some it is not.

"You have changed my life. I love you and am proud to be a part of your lives. If you can do it, I can do it too, and if we stick together we can get through anything."

Welcome to the best gambling forum!

That's very useful.

It's just a matter of time. Soon or later they will open up!

I think there will be more gambling in the USA. (Not only in Nevada) if you know what I mean!

Hope you will find some people.

Well he got all the money a man need.

Jennifer Lawrence fell as she walked up the stairs to accept her award for best actress at the Oscars.

The Silver Linings Playbook actress beat out octogenarian Emanuelle Riva to win the Oscar for best actress.

She stumbled on her gown as she walked up the stairs to accept the award.

Les Miserables star Hugh Jackman jumped up from his chair to help her up.

Lawrence acknowledged the mishap when she got a standing ovation from the audience members at the ceremony.

She said: "You're only standing because I tripped and that's really embarassing."

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said the company is not trying to cash in on the existing hardcore gambling market with its foray into online gambling in the U.K. Instead, Zynga will focus on what it knows best -- making gambling games social.

This means displaying bragging rights for when you score big as well as letting your friends see when you don't.

"It makes it more exciting than when you're by yourself in an anonymous poker room," Pincus said during a Morgan Stanley conference in San Francisco today. He wouldn't say when the company would launch into real-money gambling, but in the past the company has said it would start within the first half of this year.

Instead of aiming for serious gamblers, Pincus said Zynga wants to introduce real-money gaming to a mass market in the same way it introduced social gaming to the general public.

"We're not the company to win the hardcore real-money gamers," he said. "But we think we are for the mass market audience."

Zynga started stirring the real-money gambling pot last year when it announced a deal with the U.K.-based poker company Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment to offer online poker and casino games for cash in the U.K. It then made efforts to apply for a gambling operator's license in Nevada, spurring Wall Street to wonder if the struggling company could pick itself up with gambling dollars.

Pincus has been working to restructure Zynga by reducing expenses and shoveling resources to the company's more profitable endeavors. In the process, its workforce has been shrinking, through layoffs and fleeing executives. Just today, Zynga lost some employees when it closed down its Baltimore office and consolidated offices in Texas and New York. Despite the company's turmoils, Zynga's Zynga's stock picked up recently, notably after Nevada became the first state to allow online gambling last week.

Sticking to what it knows has become Zynga's mantra very quickly. After seeing a dropoff in players in some of its most popular franchises, Zynga started making more sequels and fewer new games. Pincus said the strategy only worked when the creators stuck to the original themes of the game.

He pointed to the FarmVille and CityVille franchises as examples. While CityVille 2 failed -- the company pulled the plug on it earlier this month due to its poor performance -- FarmVille 2 is a success.

Pincus said FarmVille 2 stuck to the main themes of the game -- planting and harvesting crops -- but added new technology that allowed for a 3D experience and crafting. For CityVille 2, the creators took a completely direction, with a new storyline and features.

"The lesson to us is we can invest more confidently in our franchises, but only when we stay true to the original formula," he said.



Zynga will bring online gambling to the masses, Pincus says | Internet & Media - CNET News

Boyd Gaming (BYD) owns 22 different gaming properties in the US. However, it's prize possession is the Borgata in Atlantic City. In 2009 the Borgata earned $105 million in net income and $175 million in free cash flow. It is generally considered the most hip and relevant casino in Atlantic City.

Boyd owns a 50% stake in the Borgata. The Borgata features 2,000 guest rooms, 182 tables, and 3,475 slot machines. It also has 12 restaurants, a huge spa, 4 nightclubs, and a 70,000 square foot event venue. It is an enormous property.

What has me most excited about this is the opportunity it has ahead of it with online gambling and how I think BYD a buyout target.

On February 26, 2013, New Jersey is widely expected to pass a new law which will allow online gambling. The law will work as follows, per Newsworks:

Those who want to gamble via the internet will first need to set up an account with a casino offering online play. All accounts will be in the legal name of individual applicants who must establish proof of age and have a principal residence and email address. The state's Division of Gaming Enforcement will license, regulate and enforce all aspects of authorized games done through the internet, said Christopher Donnelly, spokesperson for the Senate Majority Office.

After they are approved, gamblers will next need to fund that account using a credit or debit card before they can play. Casinos will not accept any wager that exceed deposited funds.

Holders of online gaming accounts will only be able to place bets while physically present in the state of New Jersey. However, one does not have to be a resident of New Jersey to participate in internet gaming. Whether hanging out in Haddonfield or Hoboken, all of New Jersey is fair game to any resident or visitor, so long as one has valid account and has a computer, tablet or smartphone to visit the casino's website. Gamblers will be able to play all current casino games, Donnelly said. Any company that has a presence in New Jersey and a gambling license will instantly become more valuable the moment this law is passed. If you don't believe me, then ask yourself why PokerStars' parent, Rational Group US Holdings, is looking to buy a Casino in New Jersey.

The technical picture for Boyd is looking fairly bullish after bottoming in November 2012 at $4.75. The stock proceeded to rally about 60% into early February and then was smashed down on a downgrade by Goldman Sachs. If you follow any of my writings you will know how I view this downgrade (i.e., its most likely completely bogus and intended to create a buying opportunity for the firm). Here were their points, as shared in an article from yesterday:

(1) Boyd is susceptible to competition because 77% of its business is in traditional, regional gaming markets, and demand is struggling given its "core mid/low market consumer." Online gambling "could ultimately be big," Kent and Ahwoi say, but "it could take longer than expected to roll out and will be very competitive, with high promotional activity, which in turn could lead to lower-than-expected margins."

(2) The shares have been trading at a discount to their historical average of 8 times Ebitda, but Goldman maintains that the gambling business is a "more challenged business now than it was in the past." Shares of the company were up more than 12% in recent days, versus a flat return for the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, following news that New Jersey is passing legislation to allow online gaming. Boyd operates the Borgata casino in New Jersey, but Goldman says that while it may benefit, "we suspect the opportunity is much less than expected and will take longer to realize."


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That old adage of “What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas” might not apply to the digital age after Nevada’s governor signed legislation legalizing online poker betting.

Instead of traveling to Sin City to throw away your hard-earned cash inside smoke-filled casinos (free drinks, though), you can legally waste it away online from the comfort of your bedroom. The legislation essentially means you can lose your pants without even wearing any. And over is the nightmare scenario of driving to Lost Wages in your $20,000 car and returning on a $500,000 Greyhound bus.

States across the union are mulling gaming legislation to bolster their coffers following a President Barack Obama administration opinion that generally authorized online gambling. New Jersey is expected to approve online gaming perhaps as early as next week and become the second state to do so.

Daniel Day-Lewis declared it "daft" to call him the best actor who has ever lived after winning an unprecedented third Best Actor Oscar.

Hours after picking up his award the 55-year-old British star of Lincoln was to be found quietly and modestly reflecting on his achievement in a secluded corner of a Hollywood party.

Asked how it felt to be referred to as "the world's greatest actor," he laughed and looked more than a little embarrassed, saying: "It's daft isn't it?"

Shaking his head, he added, "Sean [Penn] had to go through all this a few years ago. It changes all the time."

While others might relish the spotlight Day-Lewis, who rarely courts publicity, seemed relieved that his taxing metamorphosis into the 16th US president was at an end. He was also completely unsure of what he will do next.

"I don't know where I'm going," he said, adding that he wants to use time off from acting to "re-engage with life". Asked what his non-acting pursuits would be, the actor smiled and said: "Things." He is known to enjoy fishing at his home in Ireland, and is reported to be keen on learning stonemasonry.

Day-Lewis, who won for My Left Foot in 1990 and There Will Be Blood in 2008, has now superseded the eight other men to win two Best Actor Oscars - Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Tom Hanks and Sean Penn.

Steve Pond, Oscar analyst for the industry website The Wrap, said: "Historians will decide whether he deserves comparison with the people of the past. But there's no doubt this sealed the deal as our greatest living actor."

Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill on Tuesday making New Jersey the third state in the nation to legalize Internet gambling, hours after the Legislature passed a revised bill that made the changes he wanted. The changes included setting a 10-year trial period for online betting, and raising the taxes on the Atlantic City casinos’ online winnings to 15 percent, from 10 percent. Gamblers would have to set up online accounts with a particular casino.

The bill is expected to bring about the largest expansion of legalized gambling in New Jersey since the first casino began operating in Atlantic City in 1978. Delaware and Nevada have passed laws legalizing Internet betting, which also occurs offshore, untaxed and unregulated.

“This was a critical decision, and one that I did not make lightly,” Mr. Christie said. “But with the proper regulatory framework and safeguards that I insisted on including in the bill, I am confident that we are offering a responsible yet exciting option that will make Atlantic City more competitive while also bringing financial benefits to New Jersey as a whole.”

The idea is to help the struggling casinos by attracting new gamblers who are not now visiting the casinos. “Comps,” like free hotel rooms, show tickets and meals, would be accrued from online play, but would have to be redeemed in person at a casino. The bill will not take effect until the State Division of Gaming Enforcement sets a start date, from three to nine months from now.


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Even as virtual farms lose their luster, Zynga is looking to rebound in greener pastures - ones lined with real cash.

Even as it suffers a spate of bad news related to its traditional social-gaming businesses, the company is now working on ways to throw its weight behind real-money gaming in the U.S. - in the hope of very real new revenue streams.
Zynga's Silver Lining Playbook

On Monday, Zynga announced plans to close offices in New York, Texas and Baltimore. The Baltimore office will suffer about 30 layoffs, with the rest of the staff being farmed out to other Zynga HQs. The team in Baltimore was focused CityVille 2, a social game that the company axed earlier this month just five months after its launch.

That's a big come-down over the past year. In March 2012, Zynga shares were trading at a 52-week high of $15.91. They opened at $3.41 on Tuesday. Something has to change. The company may be synonymous with the advent of social gaming on Facebook - FarmVille, Mafia Wars, etc. - but its best hope now seems to shifting gears toward more lucrative real money games - assuming it can get legislators to go along.

In a way, getting its hands dirty in gambling is a return to its roots. Zynga's first game, Texas Hold'Em Poker (now known as Zynga Poker) launched way back in July 2007 - two full years before FarmVille started polluting our Facebook feeds. Now, Zynga hopes to benefit from the rivalry between revenue-starved states eager to legalize - and tax - online gambling.

Online Gambling Legislation Fast-Tracked

After signing a fast-tracked bill into law last week, Nevada is the first state in the nation to allow virtual gambling. New Jersey is right on Nevada's heels, and Governor Chris Christie could sign a similar bill as soon as this week. The legality of online gambling in the U.S. has a confusing history - one typical of U.S. law trying to grapple with emerging online phenomena.

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which "prohibits gambling businesses from knowingly accepting payments in connection with the participation of another person in a bet or wager that involves the use of the Internet," solidified online wagering's illicit status back in 2006. So states like Nevada and New Jersey will still have to reconcile their state laws with federal regulatory agencies - a process that could delay big profits for Zynga and other companies hoping to get into online gambling.

An Uphill Battle Remains

According to The Wall Street Journal, Zynga may have to play the waiting game for another 18 months - and even then there's no guarantee of a big pay-out:

"The opportunities within Nevada are somewhat limited since its population is small, but bigger opportunities might emerge. State officials have discussed the possibility of forming compacts with other states considering legalizing poker to merge markets and create bigger groups of players, much as lotteries have done with large lottery draws such as Powerball. California is among the other states that have considered bills in their legislatures to legalize online poker."

Zynga Poker allows anyone over the age of 13 to play, but the company hasn't released hard numbers on who exactly plays the game. With age and location narrowing the pool, there are some big questions about how many of Zynga's existing players are ready to convert to real cash gamers.
A Sea Of Mishaps

In the meantime, Zynga has been hemorrhaging talent. Chief Game Designer Brian Reynolds, who worked at the Baltimore office, jumped ship last month. Last October, Paul and David Bettner, co-founders of Words With Friends, left the company's Austin studio. That's a big deal because while the company has been quick to axe underperforming products, ad-ridden Scrabble-clone Words With Friends remains one of Zynga's top properties. The company reported that in December 2012 alone, players spent 7.5 billion minutes shuffling around virtual tiles in the game, which launched four years ago.

(See also ReadWrite DeathWatch: Zynga.)

Still, the failure of games like CityVille 2 point to a flaw in Zynga's casual-gaming formula. Zynga CEO Mark Pincus has admitted that the company's sluggishness and lack of innovation has failed to keep users engaged with its cadre of social games. But rather than improve its recipe to make better games - or better clones of other, better games - Zynga seems to have its sights on the real deal. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Zynga Is Ready To Gamble

Open any free Zynga game in the App Store and you'll be assaulted with a shamelessly busy user interface. There are so many pop-over and click-through ads that getting rid of them is basically a hyperactive mini-game all its own. Zynga's mobile and social games won't win any design or innovation awards - rather, they have addiction woven into their fabric. Incessant notifications draw users back, pop-up prompts prod players to invite their entire social circles. Those techniques should translate well to actual gambling.

So in spite of all the bad news and likely delays in legalized online gambling, Zynga's shares have perked up lately. With 38 million players, Zynga already has the world's largest free-to-play online poker site - it only needs legislators to open the gates and let the cash start pouring in.


Can Zynga Bounce Back With Online Gambling? – ReadWrite

Get ready for betting in your jammies, at work, from the kitchen table, or at the beach: New Jerseyans — and possibly many others — will soon be able to gamble over the Internet.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie signed a bill Tuesday legalizing Internet gambling, hours after the state legislature passed a revised bill that made the changes he wanted. They included setting a 10-year trial period for online betting, and raising the taxes on the Atlantic City casinos' online winnings from 10 to 15 percent.

New Jersey became the third state in the nation to legalize gambling over the Internet. The lawmakers' votes and Christie's signature marked the largest expansion of legalized gambling in New Jersey since the first casino began operating in Atlantic City in 1978.

Nevada and Delaware have passed laws legalizing Internet betting, which also is going on offshore, untaxed and unregulated.

"This was a critical decision, and one that I did not make lightly," Christie said. "But with the proper regulatory framework and safeguards that I insisted on including in the bill, I am confident that we are offering a responsible yet exciting option that will make Atlantic City more competitive while also bringing financial benefits to New Jersey as a whole."

The idea is to help the struggling casinos by attracting new gamblers who are not now visiting the casinos. The comps, like free hotel rooms, show tickets, meals or other freebies, would be accrued from online play, but would have to be redeemed in person at a casino, presumably enticing a player to spend more money while there.

Tony Rodio, president of the Casino Association of New Jersey, welcomed the new opportunities for his industry.

"The objectives for the continued stabilization, development and success of Atlantic City that Gov. Christie and our legislature has facilitated over the past couple of years have taken a significant step forward today with the passage of Internet gaming," he said.

The advent of Internet gambling is particularly good news for one of Atlantic City's most struggling casinos, The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel. It is in the process of being bought by the parent company of PokerStars, the world's largest poker web site.

"Our state leaders have stepped up, worked together and seized this moment," said Michael Frawley, the casino's chief operating officer. "New Jersey will be better for it as the benefits of I-gaming for our state are only beginning to be fully appreciated. We strongly believe that the economic development and reinvestment in Atlantic City, driven through I-gaming, will be remembered as a critical turning point for this proud town. We look forward to the renewed success this new law will surely bring."

The state is counting on that success, too. Budget figures released Tuesday by Christie envision contributions to the state's Casino Revenue Fund soaring from $235 million this year to $436 million next year, largely due to an influx of online gambling revenue.

But Donald Weinbaum, executive director of the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, worried that expanding gambling options will increase the ranks of the estimated 350,000 New Jerseyans with a gambling problem. He also expressed concern about young, tech-savvy people developing gambling problems from playing online.

The bill will not take effect until the state Division of Gaming Enforcement sets a start date, sometime between three and nine months after the law is signed. Casino executives have estimated it could take six months to a year to get the system up and running.

It would allow the playing online, for money, of any game currently offered by Atlantic City's 12 casinos; online poker is expected to be a particularly popular option.

"I'm sure I'll experience it firsthand," said Jonathan Wanchalk, a Lancaster, Pa., business owner who said he frequently played poker online before a federal crackdown on offshore betting sites. "In college, I played poker a lot. It's basically where all my money came from. Especially with poker, when it was allowed and then it wasn't, I'm as curious as anyone else to see how it plays out."

Gamblers would have to set up online accounts with a particular casino, and could set daily limits on their play.

They also would be subject to the same per-hand limits as gamblers physically present in the casino. Casino executives say final rules have to be approved by the gambling enforcement division, but they expect the state to require gamblers to have to appear in person at a casino to open their accounts and verify their age, identity and other personal information. Payouts could be made remotely to a credit card account or bank account when a player cashes out, if the state approves such an arrangement, the executives said.

They conceivably could even gamble through social media sites, as long as the sites worked with casinos that have an online gambling license, according to state Sen. Raymond Lesniak.

Joe Brennan Jr., director of the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association, said a new industry is ready to take off.

"We were always confident this day would come, because even after he vetoed the original iGaming bill, Gov. Christie immediately came back to us, to try and find a way to make this happen," Brennan said. "It took a little longer than we expected, but in the end, it was done right, and now it's time for Atlantic City to take this and run with it."

And the Poker Players Alliance hailed the law's enactment.

"New Jersey has gone 'all in,' " said John Pappas, executive director of the group, which claims 1 million members, 20,000 of which live in New Jersey. "Residents now will have access to a safe and regulated online gaming market, and the state will have a new source for revenue and job creation — something the federal government has failed to do thus far."

The bill allows gamblers in other states to place bets in New J

It’s neither trick nor illusion: Ben Stiller will appear on the revived Arrested Development, EW has learned. The film star will reprise his role as Tony Wonder, rival magician to GOB (Will Arnett), in one episode during the new season of the cult comedy, which Netflix will stream in May.Exactly how he fits into the plot is being kept under wraps. But it may not be a bad idea to check the dumbwaiter.

Stiller guest-starred as Wonder in seasons 2 and 3 of Arrested, which originally aired on Fox from 2003 to 2006.

The upcoming season will also include guest spots with Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Conan O’Brien, Isla Fisher, and John Slattery, among others.