In the online gambling version of the Space Race, emergency legislation flew through the Nevada Assembly and Senate, and was hastily signed by Governor Brian Sandoval, legalizing online gambling in the Silver State on February 21. Nevada had in 2011 passed legislation which would allow it to quickly offer online gambling should the United States Department of Justice legalize it. After the DOJ reversed their age-old stance on Internet gambling in late 2011, the table was set for individual states to hit the virtual felt.
Year: 2013
Delaware Pushing to Offer Online US Gambling First, Ahead of Nevada
You probably know many of the details. Concerning online gambling in the United States, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has always said that is a big no-no. But in the final days of 2012, they sort of changed their opinion. They stated that activities like online lottery sales, online poker and other forms of online gambling not including sports betting probably are not that bad at all, and decided to allow each individual state in the US to decide their online gambling destiny.
Christie Vetoes New Jersey Online Poker – And Poker Players Celebrate
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie sure has a strange way of showing his purported love of online gambling legalization in the Garden State. The last couple of years has seen the rotund Republican slap down multiple attempts at legalizing online poker in New Jersey. Most recently, he vetoed the latest online poker package put forth by lawmakers in that state. It is beginning to appear that Christie has lost his “Approved” stamp, as he routinely turns down one online poker proposal after another. If that is the case, is there any way that this latest spurning be seen as a good thing?
Pennsylvania Looks for Keystone Status in Online Gambling as Internet Gaming Bill is Prepared
Pennsylvania’s official nickname is The Keystone State for the central role it played in the founding of the United States of America, and the formation of important laws governing the new colonies. But legislation concerning gambling both online and off in Pennsylvania has looked more like something out of an episode of the Keystone Cops in recent years. Fatty Arbuckle and the boys were much more successful in garnering laughs and falling all over themselves in the pursuit of Charlie Chaplin than they were in upholding the law, and many gambling statutes in Pennsylvania have been just as ineffective and without focus.
Mississippi Internet Gambling Bill Gaining Steam
Mississippi seeks to join Nevada and Delaware as the only states in the US to offer legalized internet gambling to their residents and travelers. With the US Department of Justice mandating that each individual state in the US should be able to dictate their own online gambling laws, some Mississippi lawmakers have been aggressively pursuing a legalized online gambling package for the Magnolia State. Their 2012 proposal did not survive, and they are back pushing for a 2013 effort.
Nevada Senator Reid Selling Fed Poker Bill to New Jersey
First, a quick chronological breakdown of the evolution of online poker and online gambling in the United States the past couple of years. Up until late last year, it was illegal for American-based companies to offer online poker and online casinos to American residents. In December the US Department of Justice reversed their decision regarding online lottery ticket sales and online poker. They dictated that interactive gaming could legally be policed at the individual state level. Since then Nevada and Delaware have both passed a legislative package allowing online poker and online gambling respectively.
US States Ignore Federal Delays With Their Own Online Gambling Regulation
In what many industry analysts saw as one of the best opportunities for a federal online gambling legislation package, the 2012 lame duck session has come and gone in the US. After the ruling by the United States Department of Justice in late 2011 that many forms of online gambling were no longer considered illegal, the door was open for a follow-up announcement of a federal interactive online gaming package. That never occurred, and with the election and fiscal cliff doom and gloom hanging over American’s heads, federal passage of online gaming legislation in the United States was pushed to the back burner.
Interstate Online Gaming Bill Hits Nevada Legislature
Thanks to the Department of Justice changing their long-held opinion regarding online gambling in the United States, each individual state can decide their own online gambling destiny. Since that changed late last year, both Nevada and Delaware have passed legislation which allows online gambling for residents and visitors when located in those state boundaries. A recent interactive gaming bill just hit the Nevada legislative branch that, if passed, would allow for players in other states to enjoy online poker and other online gaming options offered by the Silver State.
NJ Senate Says OK to Online Gambling – Governor Christie’s Turn Once Again
New Jersey online gambling proponents are holding their breath. In 2011 a legislative package which would legalize online casino gambling in New Jersey passed through the State Assembly by nearly a 6 to 1 margin. The Internet interactive gaming bill was then easily approved by the state Senate, and needed only to receive Governor Christie’s okay and signature to make the Garden State the first US state at that time to legalize an online gambling package. It didn’t happen.
Iowa Regulators Ready to OK Online Poker in Hawkeye State
With the Fiscal Cliff plunge a near economic reality in the United States, individual states are looking to add much needed revenue to their coffers. Rather than hope and pray that the federal level of legislators will contain the impending economic doom that appears close to inevitable, states like New Jersey and California are edging …