States Considering Online Poker/Gaming

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California Giving Online Poker Legislation Another Shot

2013 continues to look like it’s going to be the year of intrastate online poker in the U.S. With the chances of Federal legislation legalizing the game all but dead, the attention of the poker world continues to be on individual states as they race to become the first to market.

Nevada, New Jersey, and Delaware have already passed laws legalizing online poker. The state that would be the most coveted piece of the puzzle, California, has yet to find its way onto the map, although it’s not for a lack of effort. The state’s latest attempt comes from State Senator Lou Correa, who introduced Senate Bill 678 last Friday.

The Authorization and Regulation of Internet Poker and Consumer Protection Act of 2013 is as short of a bill as you’ll ever find, especially for an undertaking this complex. SB 678 looks to amend California’s current gambling law to allow internet poker sites to operate within state borders. It also calls on the California Gambling Control Commission to pen regulatory frameworks for both the licensing of poker sites and their rules of operation.

SB 678 essentially authorizes the Commission to do what Senator Roderick Wright’s (pictured) SB 51 lays out. The Internet Gambling Consumer Protection and Public-Private Partnership Act of 2013 sets forth the rules and regulations for intrastate online poker in California. Among its details: licenses would be good for five years, licensees would have to pay a one-time fee of $30 million against which their monthly fees will be drawn, and only online poker is permitted.

Despite being one of the most poker-friendly states in the U.S., California has had a rough go of it when trying to get the online version legalized and regulated. The first significant attempt at bringing intrastate online poker to California residents came in 2011, when dual bills were debated in the State Senate. Senator Correa penned SB 40, which only authorized poker to be played online, while Senator Wright’s SB 45 allowed for all games.

When neither bill was able to move forward, State Senator Darrell Steinberg wrote in a letter in late August 2011, “Significant, unresolved issues remain, including Tribal exclusivity and a waiver of sovereignty immunity, the types of games that would be authorized, who would be eligible to apply for gaming site licenses, and potential Federal questions.”

Senators Wright and Steinberg gave it another shot in 2012, drafting an extremely detailed bill that would have been poker-only for two years before opening up the market to all sorts of games.

One of the biggest obstacles in getting the bill passed was the multitude of Tribal interests across the state. Native American Tribes were particularly against language in the bill that called for “a blanket waiver of Tribal sovereign immunity.” Tribal interests and existing card rooms also wanted the bill to restrict licensees to those who were already authorized to offer brick-and-mortar poker.

The bill was eventually amended to be poker-only, the “sovereign immunity” clause was modified, and the license duration was cut from ten years to five. Despite the many changes and concessions, the bill was dropped from the legislative agenda. Those in the know point the finger at the various special interests that were discontent with their potential share of the action. While California’s size makes its potential as an online poker economy great, it also makes getting legislation passed much harder, as there are dozens of competing stakeholders all fighting for position.

Senator Wright’s SB 51 is almost identical to his bill from last year. Perhaps seeing online poker closer to a reality in other states will push things along this time around.



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Only if Texas would do it, but I know that will never happen
 
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If pokerstars do end up hitting NV I would def think about moving there even more!
 
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If you really look at anything really coming from down in Springfield, I wouldn't be surprised if Illinois was the last state to allow it, if at all. Our state is broke as hell, mainly because of the elected officials in the Chicago area, we could use a "somewhat free" boost to the economy. Try to tell the idiots down state that and it's a whole different story.
 
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Under the proposed bill, online license application fees would be set at $10 million each, gross gambling revenue would be taxed at 20 percent, and only those with slot machine and table-game licenses would qualify for online gambling licenses, which would restrict Internet wagering to only Pennsylvania casinos.
:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: That is so f#$%ing dumb, interstate would work out so much better then this crap, let me guess AGA has something to do with it.

Oh i just love this part
Davis’ bill would also exclude any talk of interstate compacts for online poker.
"If we do not protect our casinos and money in Pennsylvania, we will be hurt by all the competition," she said.
oh so when there is no competition, there will be no one playing since rake will be sky high.

With a Republican majority in a House that has been mostly anti-gaming, State Rep. Paul Clymer intends on introducing his own bill, which would make online gambling illegal.
Send this guy an Email!!!!

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I know there are many out there who believe that it will be a cold day in Death Valley before a majority of the states are back to allowing legal On Line Poker but if you look at all the states looking to move in that direction, you might reconsider.

The States below are all considering it because nobody wants to loose out on the tax revenue.

On top of that there have been more urgent talk of the Feds making a move before they have 50 states all with varying rules making it even more painfully obvious that our so called representatives do absolutely nothing for their money.

I Guarantee you they will pass OLP before they pass a budget so as not to loose out on their piece of the pie.

Now what does that say about their priorities?

States Interested in or with Pending/Approved Legislation
New York
California
Illinois
Delaware
New Jersey
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Texas
Iowa
Hawaii

20% of the States is not a bad start
 
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I've said it once and I'll say it again - CAM is the MAN for this post and keeping us all updated. Gracias.
 
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I agree with you that some states may have some people looking into looking into poker legislation, but just because a small group may be looking into it by no means says that they are even close to passing something. In IL for example, mainly because it is my state and I hear/read/know the most about it, we are nowhere even close to passing anything online poker related. A small group of state reps have brought a bill to light, but that by no means represents the whole state general assembly. And our lovely Governor Pat Quinn has said multiple times that he wouldn't pass a bill allowing online poker(although he allowed a bill for the lottery, which is basically a tax on the idiotic poor who don't understand that they are throwing their paychecks away every week on odds that they will very likely never cash in on, nor do they have the money to waste on it.)

It is a small step that 20% of the states have someone talking about it, I'm sure many more have someone talking about it, but there are many of those 20% that are much further from passing anything than even the feds are.
 
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Sure doesnt make sense ,here in KY u can bet horses all day and night long but no online poker ,WTF shit is backwards.
 
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"Delaware lottery officials have said they hope to launch real money online gambling by the end of September. They asked that any company submitting offers be ready to go live by that schedule."

That is sexy... Lucky you DE.
 
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i never played the bigger sites and live in oregon would look foward to the challange if it ever came to oregon.my question is everyone talks about legal online poker comming back, i play on bovada now is it not legal to be doing that? i was under the impression that it was legal to play olp
 
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I hope it becomes legalized in CA soon! the state could use the money thats for sure. would make bigger better games too because more people would trust it.
 
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"Delaware lottery officials have said they hope to launch real money online gambling by the end of September. They asked that any company submitting offers be ready to go live by that schedule."

That is sexy... Lucky you DE.

thank god for this, makes me want to go down dover and talk to the delaware lottery to let pokerstars win the bid
 
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It is great to see New York in the fray as Poker from what I can tell is very much frowned upon, as far as I've been told Poker is only legal in indian casinos at this time.
 
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