Lame-Duck Session in Congress Good or Bad for Online Poker

Is the possible passage of gambling laws in the United States more favorable or less favorable now that Congress is in a lame-duck session? With the inability of Congress to agree on just about anything, it is hard to envision any situation that would guarantee a clear-cut legislative victory which would allow Internet gambling in the United States. But whether you voted for him or not, Obama’s reelection actually speaks volumes for the possibilities of getting some nationwide gambling laws passed before Congress reconvenes in 2013, possibly in 2012.

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US Gambling Online State of the Union Post Election

After December of last year saw the United States Department of Justice flip-flop their opinion regarding online gambling in the US, the door was left open for individual states to decide their online gambling destiny. Almost immediately Nevada passed legislation allowing online poker for their residents and visitors inside their state boundaries, and Delaware followed suit. Since then many states have pushed for some form of online gambling legislation, and the recent elections in the United States will have a lot to say about what the future of online gambling in America looks like in 2013.

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PA and CT Testing Online Poker Waters With Free-Play Sites

With both Delaware and Nevada in the United States ready to virtually shuffle up and deal, several other states have been pushing to cash in on the virginal legalized poker Internet phenomenon in the US. The United States Department of Justice late last year changed their opinion on online poker, and now allows each individual state to decide their own online poker fate. The Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut and Pocono Downs Casino in Pennsylvania will be offering free play online poker as a way of testing the pay for play waters in advance of possible Internet poker legislation in those two states, and at the federal level in the US.

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Nevada GCB OK’s MGM Resorts for Online Poker License

The Nevada state Gaming Control Board (GCB) that is responsible for recommending companies for interactive gaming online licenses met on Thursday, November 1 to consider the merits of multiple online poker applicants looking for licenses. Nevada was the first state to legalize online poker after the United States Department of Justice passed that responsibility onto the state level in late 2011. Obviously, those companies which get involved on the ground level will have a leg up on the competition in both Nevada and the United States overall, and the GCB recommended MGM Resorts International as a license holder along with two other companies Thursday.

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