Pennsylvania Resolution SR 273 Okays Online Gambling Study

With nearby New Jersey and Delaware already on board with legalized online gambling, Pennsylvania has also decided to take a look. Pennsylvania Resolution SR 273 was approved by the state Senate, which means that state is officially going to conduct a study of Internet gambling viability. Several other states are legitimately considering passing Internet gambling laws that would allow their residents and visitors to shuffle up and deal, play some virtual slots or enjoy popular casino table games over the Internet through state licensed options, expanding the list of existing offshore legal Pennsylvania online gambling options already available. Illinois and California appear to be the front-runners in the race to become state number four in the young and slowly growing United States based Internet gambling industry.

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iGaming North America 2014 – Internet Gambling Legislation a Huge Victory for US Gamblers

As reported in the Las Vegas Review Journal, important casino executives were in attendance at the iGaming North America 2014 conference which was held at the Planet Hollywood hotel casino in Las Vegas recently. Almost to a man the group of casino owners and managers called online gambling regulation in Delaware, Nevada and New Jersey a definite victory for them and their patrons. They also pointed out that the early predictions of immediate and incredible revenue didn’t come from educated industry analysts and experts. But regulation for online gambling is still seen as a huge success, as well as a breakthrough in the gambling world, which all of the iGaming board members agreed was the wave of the gambling future in America.

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New York to Copy Atlantic City Online Gambling Success?

The Atlantic City online gambling industry may be more influential than anyone imagined. New York City owns such memorable nicknames as The Big Apple, The City That Never Sleeps and The City of Dreams. And the state itself is known as the Empire State, even referred to by none other than United States founding father George Washington with that powerful sobriquet. But New York as the Copycat State? Most New Yorkers are proud of their image as unique self-starters and successful individuals that do things their own way. But if a new piece of legislation passes, it appears New York online gambling will simply copy and paste the successful model employed by its neighbor just across the bridge.

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Proposed Bill Looks to Kill Internet Gambling in the US – Even in Those States Where It Is Legal

A current piece of legislation threatens to outlaw all Internet gambling in the United States … even in those states where it is already legal. It took several changes in legislation to deliver the current legal online gambling entity we enjoy in the United States. A Department of Justice consideration that casino and poker games should not be bound by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 means that each individual US state can decide whether or not it wants to offer those forms of Internet gambling to its citizens and visitors. Actually created as a Title VIII addition to the Safe Port Act which was concerned with US port security, the UIGEA legislation now currently applies to just Internet sports gambling in the United States. But there are those legislators in the US which want to outlaw Internet gambling altogether.

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