Tribal Multi-State Poker?

[DeadMoneyDad]

Someone is thinking "out of the box".

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=791783


D$D

[tangled]

lets take another step outside the box. How about single person machines, that are a portal to an electronic poker table, placed throughout Vegas and throughout the individual casinos. Like right beside slot machines. We know Vegas attracts a great many couples. The problem they often run into is that women folk tend to be drawn to the slots and men are much more likely to prefer table games. If an e-table machine is right beside a slot machine then the two love birds don't have to split up to gamble. Surveillance cameras already blanket Vegas's gaming area so they can keep an eye out for anything funky.

Also we know that gamblers like to relocate and to try different things when they are losing, so an e-table portal right in the slot area , might attract some traditional slot machine players. Good times. Very good times.

These portals could also be placed in bars or anywhere that video poker now exists to give the customers more options on how to entertain themselves while sitting around.


Also, you may want to cross post this in the B&M section.

[permafrost]

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Someone is thinking "out of the box".

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=791783


D$D

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Good for them. I hoped they would jump on this sooner but it looks good.

[schlucky1]

I have a great idea. Let's have personal systems people can use in their own homes, or even that are portable and can be used anywhere. People could use these new-fangled devices to play poker anywhere, anytime they please. There will always be a game going in which anyone who cares to, can join at their liesure. Hmmm, how could we make this possible..... Maybe Al Gore could help us out?!

[MiltonFriedman]

I agree it will make an interesting test case under UIGEA.

The network crosses state lines, possibly. It necessarily involves a deposit of money to fund and electronic transfer of value among players playing poker.

[permafrost]

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I agree it will make an interesting test case under UIGEA.

The network crosses state lines, possibly. It necessarily involves a deposit of money to fund and electronic transfer of value among players playing poker.

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Legal under UIGEA, it doesn't apply "between the Indian lands of 2 or more Indian tribes".

[kailua]

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I have a great idea. Let's have personal systems people can use in their own homes, or even that are portable and can be used anywhere. People could use these new-fangled devices to play poker anywhere, anytime they please. There will always be a game going in which anyone who cares to, can join at their liesure. Hmmm, how could we make this possible..... Maybe Al Gore could help us out?!

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lol...talk about reinventing the wheel...
who knows, someday they may even devise a way to send electronic mail

[MiltonFriedman]

"Legal under UIGEA, it doesn't apply "between the Indian lands of 2 or more Indian tribes" ?

Close, but not quite there. (Although there is the issue of poker coverage itself in the same facts.)

The UIGEA does apply to intertribal gaming, unless that intertribal gaming is "authorized by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act".

Also, if, as I noted, the action crosses State lines, then I doubt it is so authorized.

Either way, as a tribal matter or a poker coverage matter, a good test case.

[permafrost]

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"Legal under UIGEA, it doesn't apply "between the Indian lands of 2 or more Indian tribes" ?

Close, but not quite there. (Although there is the issue of poker coverage itself in the same facts.)

The UIGEA does apply to intertribal gaming, unless that intertribal gaming is "authorized by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act".

Also, if, as I noted, the action crosses State lines, then I doubt it is so authorized.

Either way, as a tribal matter or a poker coverage matter, a good test case.



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I would assume that if you and I know they need to follow intertribal gaming rules, they caught that also and are compliant but you could be right.

[Lucky]

I've read the article, and searched the site, but can't find list of tribal casinos which participate? Does anything know what other tribal casinos this is offered at?