I called the governors office and that is the 2nd call they have taken today about the subject, please take the time especially if you are a Mass. resident.
Also spoke to the PR department at Worldwinner (they (mistakingly?) said they were skill games so no legislation would effect them). I forwarded the link and section of the legislation for them to review as they had no discussions to date.
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Good afternoon,
Thank you for taking the time to talk to me today. The following is the link
to the Governor's bill with an excerpt from Section 15(h)(2)(i)
http://www.mass.gov/legis/HD4626.pdf
(i) Placing, sending, transmitting, relaying wagers to another person prohibited
under certain circumstances; penalties. Any person who knowingly transmits or
receives a wager of any type by any telecommunication device, including
telephone, cellular phone, Internet, local area network, including wireless
local networks, or any other similar device or equipment or other medium of
communication, or knowingly installs or maintains said device or equipment for
the transmission or receipt of wagering information shall be punished by
imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years, or a fine of
not more than $25,000, or both. This section shall apply to any person who, from
within this commonwealth, transmits a wager to, or receives a wager from,
another person or gaming establishment within or outside of this commonwealth and any person who, from outside this commonwealth,
transmits a wager to, or receives a wager from, another person or gaming
establishment within this
commonwealth. This section shall not apply to the use of a local area network
as a means to place authorized wagers in a licensed gaming establishment, or use
of said devices or equipment by the authority in it duties in regulating,
enforcing, or auditing a licensed gaming operator
Although this bill is only in the proposal stage, the potential exists for all
games for to be outlawed in the state of Massachusetts regardless if they are
skill or chance.
Thank you and have a great weekend. Sincerely,
Joseph XXXXX
(978) XXX-XXXX