[Grasshopp3r]

North Dakota is the best place for this to work as they have a state owned bank. Plus, they have tried in the past to provide online poker.

North Dakota Representative James Kasper was the proponent of the online poker proposal.

On March 8, 2005, the ND House approved HCR 3035, 50 to 44, to allow the people of ND to vote in a primary election in 2006 on an amendment to the state's constitution that would mandate the legislative adoption of an internet poker licensing bill.

The ND Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings beginning March 8, 2005 On March 18, 2005, that committee deadlocked, 3 to 3, on whether to recommend that the ND Senate vote for or against the bill. An Associated Press story notes: "The Judiciary Committee did agree on a set of changes to the Internet poker measure, including more specific language on the attorney general's regulatory power. The amendments also require that the state collect at least $1 million in licensing fees before any poker site may operate.

On March 21, 2005, the ND Senate voted overwhelmingly, 44 against, 3 for, thus defeating this bill.