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Originally Posted by HurtLocker
1. Doesn't beginning of 2020 come later by default (assuming the articles I read are referring to New Hampshire district court case)?
2. DOJ is giving up its right to appeal decision in the New Hampshire district court case now, right?
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1. It depends on how long any potential appeal in the NLHC takes I guess. "Final judgement" could mean SCOTUS ruling in the end, but then maybe not. It depends.
2. The USDOJ is
not giving up its right to appeal the District Court ruling, it's just "evaluating its options," according to the linked article.
3. I'm unsure if any currently-licensed or unlicensed/offshore online poker operator is in a position where it should be taking on the USDOJ directly, but that's just my view as a layperson. Online poker has become the sh** show of online gambling in recent years as operating costs have soared and sites have moved to reduce investment into the vertical.
IMO, the federal government is being pretty much as nice, pleasant, and discreet as it possibly can be by extending the
Organized Crime & Gang Section enforcement referral period through at least Dec. 31st, 2019 -- especially considering how much of a headache "online peer-to-peer gambling" is becoming for those that choose to license it. Plus there's not really much revenue to be considered for online poker in ring-fenced environments.
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If we look at how former US Department of Homeland Security secretaries are currently aligned:
A. Michael Chertoff is off of the "full body scanner" rhetoric for now, and is aligned with human rights group Freedom House. But that doesn't mean there won't be another push to get the scanners into some of the b&m casinos.
https://freedomhouse.org/article/fre...board-trustees
B. Jim Trusty is currently aligned with Ifrah Law and the iDevelopment & Economic Association (aka "iDEA Growth"), a group that is financially supported by The Stars Group, 888, GVC, Golden Nugget, and many others. That lobbyist group does not have a communicative relay with players. Industry pursuits only.
https://ideagrowth.org/our-members/
C. Tom Ridge is currently aligned with biometric authentication company
Daon and believes US online sports gambling should go through a "National Security Exchange" in the future.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/com...-20190610.html
This could mean super ring-fenced regulated markets (think individual bars) that are correspondingly hooked up to city/country infrastructure to track citizens and collect on unpaid parking tickets, expired inspection stickers, unpaid bills, unpaid taxes, and other non-felony commitments before x-customer is ever allowed to bet online (poker/slots/sports/etc).
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Then of course there's the corporate pressure from Disney, Apple, Google (aka YouTube content crackdown), and others. I don't see "regulated" iGaming infiltrating much further in the United States until its issues with the USDOJ have been formally resolved. There's just too much uncertainty still, but of course that's just my unqualified view at this time.