Delaware Online Gaming Bill Passes HouseVoted out by margin of 29-8 |
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A bill in Delaware that would legalize online table games, including poker, and expand other forms of gambling in the state passed the House Tuesday evening.
Twenty nine voted in favor and eight voted against. The bill underwent two amendments this week.
The Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of 2012 would authorize Internet gaming under the control and operation of the Delaware Lottery. The state is looking to partner with West Virgina and Rhode Island in offering online poker.
The Delaware governor’s office told Card Player in March that it would take up online gaming in an effort to keep its gaming industry competitive in the region.
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bparmalee
11 months ago
They better partner with someone because they will need more of a player pool to make this work. Though if they allow people from West Virginia and Rhode Island to play with the people of Delaware that would seem to move it out of intrastate gambling and into the realm of interstate gambling... which the US Gov says isn't legal. If this were to be allowed to pass then that might open the door for a nationwide network of state run sites. It's an interesting attempt at a workaround.
idun215
11 months ago
Oh come on man get interstate poker already! There is only 1 to 2 states that can even possibly remotely support a online poker. And when you divide that by like 10 poker sites! there is enough money to even warrant running it. And even if they keep intrastate the tournaments wouldn't even be worth playing because of the low guarantees they'll most likely have!
clunker
11 months ago
The magic word here is lottery. Powerball and Mega Million lotteries are played interstate. Only 7 states do not participate in at least one of these[41 have both] so the frame work is already in place and there is precedent for this to happen.