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[tamiller866]

Game Makers See Jackpot As States Make Online Gambling Legal

July 27 (Bloomberg BusinessWeek) -- 3G Studios, a video game developer in Reno, Nev., is betting on online gambling. The private company, with 47 U.S. employees, has hired almost 80 new contractors in India and China and expects to have 200 dedicated solely to making gambling games by the end of the year. 3G is one of a handful of game makers jockeying for gambling business, expecting states, hungry for new tax revenue, to open the floodgates for Internet casinos.

[tamiller866]

Campaign to legalize online gambling in U.S. worries tribal casinos in Washington, elsewhere

Read more here: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/0...#storylink=cpy

[RAHZero]

Reid, Heller uneasy allies on web poker

Nevada's senators are becoming increasingly uneasy allies in the effort to legalize poker-playing over the Internet, an issue dear to the wallets of most casino corporations in the state.

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., is looking for an opening to pass a web poker bill in the U.S. Senate, with Republican Sen. Dean Heller attempting to secure GOP support -- or at least commitments that Republican senators won't stand in the way.

[tamiller866]

Internet poker on the horizon

That means jobs, as well as cash flow.

Online gaming is voluntary, and it's going to be headquartered somewhere. As the sign says: "Welcome to Las Vegas."

[tamiller866]

Will the state get a cut of tribal Internet gambling?

But it appears that federal legislation, which could come up as soon as the lame duck session of Congress reconvenes after the fall election, might make state laws moot.

Legal Internet gambling appears to be on the way, and not only is it unlikely that Connecticut lawmakers opposed to it could stop it, but it appears they may have also lost an opportunity to profit from it.

[tamiller866]

Gaming regulators find give and take is no laughing matter

First, there was game designer Derek Webb tongue-lashing regulators on the committee for not having high enough standards in dealings with companies that have had problems in the past, specifically naming William Hill, Full Tilt and bwin.party.

[sba9630]

Originally Posted by tamiller866

Gaming regulators find give and take is no laughing matter

Lipparelli is already working with unnamed other states to join together and begin online poker gaming even if the federal government doesn't pass a bill this year. He said the idea was to join other states in creating strict uniform regulations.

[tamiller866]

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, Native American tribal leaders were urged to oppose efforts by Senate leadership to stealthily jam an Internet poker bill through Congress without tribal consultation. Republican Rep. Mary Bono Mack of California, whose district includes several tribal casinos, said at a policy summit Tuesday that tribes should “get tough” on Harry Reid and Jon Kyl, who are reportedly nearing an agreement on draft Internet poker legislation. “I think it’s time that you stand up and say what’s happening in Congress is just flat out wrong,” she was quoted by GamblingCompliance.com as saying. “I think the notion that anybody would try to ram an Internet gambling bill through Congress without the light of day, without a clear, rational debate … is a mistake.”

THE FIGHT: Lipparelli Hints at Intrastate Future, Zynga Getting Ready for Real Money

[ScreaminAsian]

bono Mack was a fox in sheep's clothing all along

****in republicans. you can't even count on them to sell out.

[kennabot]

Creating favorable online gaming legislation will require teamwork from Reid, Heller

“Quite frankly, we don’t care whose job it is to get the votes. We have a majority leader and a senator, and we need leadership from both,” said one gaming operative. “They need to quit pointing fingers and figure out how to get it done. Not getting it done puts Nevada in real danger.”

[sba9630]

Antigua Approaches WTO's Lamy In Push For 'Justice' [tax-news.com]

The government of Antigua and Barbuda has announced that it has approached the Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, in an attempt to achieve a compromise with the United States on fair compensation for damage caused to the Antigua and Barbuda gambling sector as a result of the US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) of 2006.

[tamiller866]

States Play One-Upmanship in Chasing Gambling Dollars

Delaware’s move online will focus only on state residents — there is some debate over whether the Justice Department ruling allows Internet gambling only within states that approve it or between states. Given Delaware’s population — it has fewer than a million residents — the pool of potential online gamblers is on the small side. But some gambling experts say the reverberations could be big.

I. Nelson Rose, a professor at Whittier Law School in California who writes a blog called Gambling and the Law, predicted that it would spur other states to follow suit, and he noted that Nevada has also taken steps toward online gambling. “I think Delaware’s move really pushes New Jersey to legalize,” he said. “And when you have Delaware, New Jersey and Nevada, then next year Iowa will legalize.”

[tamiller866]

Which US States Could Support an Online Poker Room?

These states can almost certainly support a standalone room: California, Florida, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Washington.

States that are less certain, but still highly likely to be able to support a room: Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio and Virginia.

States that would need a bit of luck: Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

All other states would face very significant obstacles that would almost certainly prevent them from running a viable intrastate online poker room.

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Cybersecurity Bill Is Blocked by G.O.P. Filibuster [nytimes.com]

[NoMeNot]

Originally Posted by tamiller866

Which US States Could Support an Online Poker Room?

Virginia? Really? Living in VA, a state that is tradionally conservative, with zero casinos, a rather strong lottery.

I am shocked they rank VA that highly.
But I am hopeful.