[Dennisa]

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Actually I have been working on something to propose for here in WV since this is a big gambling state.

Reading the UIGEA it does NOT say the poker site must be in the state, only payment made and received in the state.

Someone posted in jest here on 2p2 concerning California and the state being an affiliate.

This actually would work; in-fact the state could be an affiliate of MANY sites. Simply have a state lottery run it, log in to your state, select deposit and where you want the funds credited to; I.E. WV_PartyPoker, WV_Pacific, etcetera.

The individual state would simply be a 'skin' of the site.

This would benefit the state since they could have income NOT premised on a citizen losing, but winning and generating rake.

At this point I am still in the early stages. However, our current Gov. Manchin is a good man and when he was Sec. of State I worked with his office (the rep. from his office is now his chief of staff) to completely overhaul our voting laws, so I have some credibility. In-fact my presentation was presented verbatim to the State Judiciary committee and no changes were made though she presented it as her own.

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Fantastic idea, but it will never fly in California. There is not enough graft in the world to overcome the power of the following lobbies:
The Indian Casino lobby will kill it, if they dont, then we have the Nevada Casino lobby, the B&M Poker lobby and finally the California State Horse racing lobby.