When did Bachus have his operation? Now he's known as Mrs. Capito.

There goes Bachus. Ignoring the opt-out clause, ignoring the consumer protections such as underage gambling. Wonder what he'll ignore next

MRS. Capito has lost his mind.

I hate Bachus

Love this. Always opposed, now not so much, wants poker only in Cali, all sounds fine to me

anyone know if theres a live text transcript anywhere? lol can't listen at work

That is awesome!!!!! Best, most reasonable thing I've heard so far from someone formerly opposed. Love it!!!

Maybe it's inferred that California will opt-out...just saying.

This, please. Same here.

Sherman proposes an amendment to prohibit violators of gaming laws (current "offshore" operators) from getting licensed.

goodbye UB

Hopefully Stars and FTP will be deemed to have performed due diligence. This is a reasonable type of provision, but will cause delay in getting licensed successful operators.

Party is unlikely based on this as well.

"For us to license those who have been evading or simply breaking US laws makes no sense. There are a large number of capable interests in this industry to provide a lot of competition without allowing the bad actors in."

He also suggests that current operators are lacking in "due diligence" to some extent, regardless of their intentions, because of violating current laws. He worries that this would lead to a lack of "due diligence" on age verification, etc.

To me it sounded like he wants any offshore operator prohibited, though maybe he would deem the reputable poker rooms to have been diligent enough.