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esota webmaster world New York Verm Wisconsin Michigan Washington Maine North Dakota Montana Oregon New Vermont Hampshire Minnesota Idaho South Dakota New York Wisconsin Michigan Wyoming Massachusetts Pennsylvania Rhode Island Connecticut New Jersey Pennsylvania Iowa Nebraska a Nevada Ohio Utah California Kansas Missouri Delaware Indiana Illinois Maryland Colorado West Virginia Ohio Virginia Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee Arizona Oklahoma New Mexico Illinois South Carolina Arkansas Indiana Mississippi District of Columbia M Georgia Alabama Louisiana Texas West Virginia Florida Missouri Kentucky North Carolina Tennessee online gaming regulation. AB51 is the Internet There is also an online lottery bill in place District of Columbia: Red Poker bill introduced by Senator Rod Wright although there is little information as to the Present Status: Back to the drawing board that would limit online poker to the state and support of either bill. Florida: Red to those who have obtained a licence from the state. Only holders of existing land-based New York: Amber licences, including gaming tribes, can apply. Present Status: Non-binding version of budget Present Status: Back to the drawing board South Carolina bill supportive of online poker has been Connecticut: Red passed. Present Status: Undecided Californian sports events (or teams), however, Pennsylvania: Amber Utah: Black whether this will extend to the Internet is Present Status: Thought to be one of the states unclear, but is not ruled out. It is possible that most keenly watching developments in New Senator Wright has also introduced SB190, a sportsbetting bill that would permit current Arkansas land-based licensees to take wagers on non- Mississippi Louisiana many states, including California, are now content to observe progress in New Jersey Jersey. Online poker bill introduced, but costs Alabama may prove a barrier for operators. Present Status: Georgia Prohibited Texas: Black Present Status: Texas remains in the ‘prohibited’ group as we are only dealing before committing either way to their next steps Mississippi: Red with state-level legislation, but the state Present Status: Back to the drawing board with iGaming. has put forward plans that would allow it Massachusetts: Amber to opt in to any federal law governing the Present Status: Senator Bruce Tarr introduced Iowa: Red national regulation of iGaming. A separate S197 that would permit companies to offer Present Status: Senator Jeff Danielson has no land-based ‘social poker bill’ – introduced online gaming in the state under licence of the plans to introduce further legislation during by Representative Ryan Guillen in 2013 – Massachusetts Gaming Commission. the 2014 legislature. specifically does not include online poker. iGB Affiliate FEBRUARY/MARCH 2014 Florida 85