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Affairs, a lobby for the racing industry,
according to the report by OPR’s Dave
Tennessee
Palermo. Jeff Grubbe, chairman of the
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians,
however said that: “I don’t think there will
be any movement.” The Pechanga/Agua
Caliente coalition, which numbers as
many as nine tribes, remains steadfast in
its opposition to licensing tracks and “bad
California: Amber
Arkansas
actors”. Grubbe added: “No bill is better
Present Status: A coalition of five tribes
than a bad bill. We’re more than happy to
are pressing forward on online poker
Mississippi
not even have Internet gaming. We’re fine
legislation, in an attempt to overcome the
with that,” according to OPR. An Assembly
opposition of the Pechanga and Agua
Governmental Organization hearing on
Caliente Indian bands and get an bill to
Louisiana
Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer’s AB
a state Assembly floor vote shortly after
Alabama
167, which would extend licenses to racing
legislators return from summer recess on
17 August, according to OnlinePokerReport. associations, is scheduled for 19 August.
The San Manuel and Morongo Mission
New York: Amber
Indians, the Rincon and Pala Luiseño
Present Status: State Senator John Bonacic
Indians and the United Auburn Indian
has again introduced a bill, S 5302, to
Community are aligned with the horse
bring regulated online poker to New York
racing industry. “This is the biggest
state. The bill proposes the issue of up to
coalition yet behind Internet poker,”
10 licences, each with a $10 million one-off
said Robyn Black of Eclipse Government
150,000 accounts, with Director Scott
Bowen revealing to GiGse in April that it
was selling more than 300,000 daily instant
tickets online.
The Michigan Lottery has projected to
generate $480 million during the first eight
years of online play.
West
Virginia
North Carolina
licensing fee attached. Bonacic’s framework
would levy a 15% tax on GGR, and unlike the
bill the Senator introduced last year, S 5302
does not include a bad actor provision.
Pennsylvania: Amber
Present Status: A sixth Pennsylvania
South
online gaming bill recently emerged. SB
Carolina
900. Sponsored by Senator Kim Ward
and co-sponsored by fellow Senators
Robert Tomlinson, Elder Vogel, and Joseph
Scarnati, also covers land-based gaming.
Georgia
The first draft proposes a 54% tax on
online revenues, the same rate levied on
land-based slots in Pennsylvania, the issue
of one licence per land-based casino, and
an in-person registration requirement. A
further Pennsylvania bill (HB 1456) was
introduced in July by Representative Eddie
Day Pashinski, which would prevent casino
licensees from being involved in operating
social casinos. Pashinski stated that it would
“help protect our youth from the risks
associated with premature gambling.”
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