Illinois proposes to allow online poker to be run by race tracks

[kidpokeher]

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Nevada has no law against PLAYING internet poker.

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Sure about that?

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...566627238.html

Online poker players in Nevada already are breaking the law and getting away with it. Nevada law prohibits the accepting and placing of bets with operators that aren't licensed here. While offshore casinos would argue they aren't based in Nevada or processing bets here, Nevada regulators disagree.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...566658027.html

Although playing online poker is already illegal under Nevada law, state officials have no intention of prosecuting players.

The ultimate in hypocrisy, isn't it?

[TheEngineer]

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Hey Engineer,

Isn't this kinda what we don't want? I mean, the minute States start putting up their own online poker platforms won't it push us farther from us being able to play on a national/international scale?

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I don't think so. Actually, I think this may be EXACTLY what we want (I actually spent time thinking this through today. [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]). One excellent feature of IGREA is that states need to give access to get access. So, if a state wishes to gain interstate and international business, they have to open up their own state. A state with a head-start on legalization would likely jump at the chance to bring American-branded sites to the world. Then, once one state is in, a few others that already have legalized gambling (regulatory infrastructure, established brands, etc) won't wish to miss out. Also, as IGREA is an uphill battle this year, our real goal is political momentum. This sort of thing really helps, at least IMHO.

[TheEngineer]

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There is a HUGE hole in the UIGE Act, expressly authorizing IntraState online gambling ...except on sports.


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Your "expressly authorizing" is not quite correct. The states "expressly" authorize gambling, not UIGEA.

UIGEA does not apply to legal intrastate wagers (poker, sports, ponies, etc.). It is saying that states legalize gambling and the Feds are not involved.

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I think that's what he meant, but you're absolutely correct. Even HR 4777 expressly allowed states to choose to offer Internet gambling, except for sports, so long as states verified that all wagering was conducted intrastate and that all bettors were of age.