Re: To answer your concern, ... Hello, Gov. Schwartznegger ....
Pass it or not, if the states have any input, they will say no. Frank is being pushed by the banks, not poker players. Whatever gets the banks off the hook, he is gone from our camp. I dont think its defeat we are headed for, but a long uphill fight if a state opt-out is included. It IS a poison pill.
BTW, we will never be as powerful as the horses. They have farms that buy from other farms, and pay huge property taxes. Its a part of local economies that they rely on. The revenue from them is on the books and in use. States for the most part have bicameral legislatures with one house representing counties. Horse interests have people they have given to for life, and family run businesses that vote for them. We can only dream.
The established casinos, I still don't think they are on board fully. Execs have always dissed poker, look how poorly Harrah's handles WSOP. They still suspect they may be canniblizing their own revenues. Their execs are low talent
and conservative with established business models. Change is a 4 letter word.
Youre right, we may get Nevada, ND, and a few other tiny ones. But unless the feds wield the commerce clause we are [censored] in the A.
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