Harrah's and MGM's CEOs say Internet poker to explicitly legal soon

[MiltonFriedman]

There have been ongoing efforts to meet with and educate regulators at the State levels as to "server-based" gaming concepts. This has been going on for a couple of years. The idea is to ensure that the "LegaL model comfortably fits with their projected business models.

As for the legislative side, they have not been ready to push this year. However, you can bet the topic was discussed during the concurrent fundraising visits by Dem. candidates during the concurrent Nevada Dem debate.

If you think that the scheduling of the Nevada primary early in 2008, and the scheduling of the Dem debate concurrent with GGE, were a coincidence, you underestimate the sophistication of casino political operatives on both sides of the Red/Blue line.

(I do not see the casino interests EVER supporting Guliani, but otherwise they could easily go for both a Rep. AND a Dem they think could win... which is pretty much a couple of open choices.)