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June is important.If I remember correctly DFS had to pass by the end of June or it would have taken another year.They recess in June.Nice work if you can get it.

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02-25-2017 , 07:38 PM

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mugua

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Things look like starting to grab some momentum. Here is a link to a video of Gary Pretlow that aired earlier today.

http://www.fios1news.com/lowerhudson...1#.WLIU4hjMwUH

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02-26-2017 , 12:47 AM

#78

Carl Trooper

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Originally Posted by mugua

Things look like starting to grab some momentum. Here is a link to a video of Gary Pretlow that aired earlier today.

http://www.fios1news.com/lowerhudson...1#.WLIU4hjMwUH

I think this is the year. Hope CA and PA also join and every state can link up.

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02-26-2017 , 06:44 AM

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02-26-2017 , 11:07 AM

#80

spoonieluv40

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I didn't like the fact that Pretlow said that there a people in the administration who are "very opposed" to online poker. We still would need Cuomo to sign it.

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02-26-2017 , 11:38 AM

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BillyPhelan

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Originally Posted by spoonieluv40

I didn't like the fact that Pretlow said that there a people in the administration who are "very opposed" to online poker. We still would need Cuomo to sign it.

As long as the B&M's that back Cuomo get a piece of the action he'll sign.Even if this passes quickly don't expect the cards to start flying anytime soon,the bickering,horse trading and dividing of the spoils will take some time.

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03-02-2017 , 10:39 PM

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03-08-2017 , 10:20 AM

#83

CheapFlop

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Yipee...

https://www.highstakesdb.com/7672-on...ming-soon.aspx

http://www.fios1news.com/lowerhudson...g?search=POKER

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03-08-2017 , 03:36 PM

#84

Geezer Soze

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Well, not quite "finally", the bill has not passed into law:

This however does seemingly report the wheels of the needed parties have now all been adequately greased, following a fact-finding excursion to NJ:

"This year, however, Pretlow says that his fears have been allayed after visiting neighbouring New Jersey to take a look at that state’s online poker market to get a grasp on how geo-location technologies work...."

“When I do sign off on something, my colleagues feel that it is a good deal and they don’t question why I made a certain decision. They know that if that decision was made, it’s for good reason. So, I don’t really see that there’s going to be much opposition to moving this along.”

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03-09-2017 , 11:23 AM

#85

CheapFlop

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Yes agree I should have written "almost there" rather than "finally" as my title implies it's a done deal.

Having said that the interviews seem to strongly suggest that the legislation making it regulated and legal are now in the cue...let's hope they get it done! Would be nice to have a legitimate real money online option for residents like myself even if it's limited to within NY state competition unless they have some type of shared player pool cooked up with NJ.

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03-09-2017 , 12:25 PM

#86

TomHimself

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Shared state player pool would be pretty awesome

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03-09-2017 , 12:32 PM

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Gustafson26

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I think if PA and MI can get it passed too the shared player pool would be a couple years down the road. But being from NY, it would be the most populated stated with regulated poker so I'll just take the, only NY player pool for now, and hope the states can share a player pool in the near future.

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03-09-2017 , 03:25 PM

#88

Computerized

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Estimate of how many months or years away before the bill is passed and we can actually put in hands online?

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03-09-2017 , 03:43 PM

#89

Gustafson26

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Well with June being the deadline, I'm optimistic for Jan 1st 2018.

Just curious, how long did it take Jersey to get the sites up and running from the time it was passed into law?

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03-09-2017 , 03:49 PM

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Petar8

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The bill states once it passes they can't start running games for 6 months so the earliest is September if it passes this month. If they wait until the last minute to pass it in June the it would be December. So basically you'll be able to start play poker online in NY anywhere from September 2017 to December 2017.

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03-09-2017 , 04:55 PM

#91

H0RUS

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Originally Posted by Gustafson26

if multiple states can share the powerball im pretty sure multiple states can share online poker eventually

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03-10-2017 , 10:56 AM

#92

kk405

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This is really good news and very promising. Needs to get more love and hopefully the legislature can move the ball forward and pass it by June. Is it really possible to have both online and live poker legalized in NY by 2018? If so, it is likely to accelerate efforts in other big states such as CA.

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03-10-2017 , 01:04 PM

#93

BigpapiSkip

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poker is dead

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03-10-2017 , 01:36 PM

#94

Monorail

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Originally Posted by Gustafson26

Well with June being the deadline, I'm optimistic for Jan 1st 2018.

Just curious, how long did it take Jersey to get the sites up and running from the time it was passed into law?

Law signed in Feb 2013. Regs finalized in early Fall 2013. First hand dealt late Nov 2013.

So 9 months, but that was considered a really short / hurried process due to powers that be putting a lot of pressure on all parties to meet a Nov deadline. Many people thought it was way too rushed. That being said, NY could be smoother b/c they'll have a template in next-door NJ to look at, so won't fumble as much. Can prob consider those factors a wash. 8-12 months from law signed > first hand dealt is a reasonable estimate.

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03-12-2017 , 04:30 PM

#95

HurtLocker

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What are the odds that even when/if a common agreed upon bill comes out of both chambers (senate and assembly) that Cuomo as Governor may not sign it into law (for whatever reason under the sun he concocts)? Is there too much presuming going on that he is just going to automatically sign off on a bill? Governors have a lot of clout and power in their own right.

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03-12-2017 , 05:10 PM

#96

Frenbar

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Originally Posted by HurtLocker

The odds are directly related to the size of the bribe to Cuomo and his political allies.

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03-12-2017 , 09:32 PM

#97

YeahYou

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I could be wrong but when the dfs bill was going through all of this I remember reading that almost every bill that passes is eventually signed by the governor. The reason being the Assembly and Senate wouldn't bother going through the process unless they knew it would get signed. From what Cuomo has said though this could be one of the few that he doesn't sign. Also, for dfs it took Cuomo a few months to sign it. The poker bill has a 180 day waiting period after it becomes a law which that one didn't. I'm assuming the 180 days is from when Cuomo signs it so the reports of possibly playing by January or whatever may not be accounting for that.