Online Casino Transfer: News - Another Governmental Meeting

02/20/2010		Online Casino Style: News Another Governmental Meeting - 2
Home History Games News Dictionary		continued from Another Governmental Meeting - 1 Though the UIGEA has put a major kink into the online gambling industry for US players, federal law only prohibits foreign internet casinos from doing business in America. It does not keep states from establishing intrastate, regulated systems, tied into existing land-based casinos who wish to offer new, internet based products. It’s a small loophole that if taken advantage of, could mean millions of dollars annually for California and its residents, funds that are desperately needed by the state. But in spite of all the good reasons to pursue the legalization of online poker in the state of California, the tribal communities are refusing to budge an inch in their opposition, continuing to insist that allowing any online gambling would be deliberately and knowledgably undermining the business and revenue for tribal-controlled land-based casinos. The chairwoman for the California Tribal Business Alliance, Lesley Lohse, was also in attendance for the latest meeting of the informal sessions, and made a point to reinterate their position, saying that to pursue the proposal would be ‘a direct violation of compacts and agreements with the tribes.’ But others argue that the Indians can claim no exclusivity rights in regards to poker, as it is a game during which players face off against one another, not the bank, house, or dealer. That’s a difference that excludes poker from compacts with the state. The intrastate system proposal would be stringently regulated, with underage gambling a chief concern on the operational side. Only California residents aged 21 and up would be permitted to gamble online. The online gambling software company CyberArts is being looked at to provide such programming, with Chris Derossi CEO confident that his firm would be able to shoulder the responsibility without problems. In any case, a number of attendants for the Governmental meeting agreed, that should a legal option become available for online poker, a high percentage of players would make the switch, protecting themselves against backlash from the feds, and keeping their money in state where it belongs.

02/20/2010

Online Casino Style: News
Another Governmental Meeting - 2

continued from Another Governmental Meeting - 1

Though the UIGEA has put a major kink into the online gambling industry for US players, federal law only prohibits foreign internet casinos from doing business in America. It does not keep states from establishing intrastate, regulated systems, tied into existing land-based casinos who wish to offer new, internet based products. It’s a small loophole that if taken advantage of, could mean millions of dollars annually for California and its residents, funds that are desperately needed by the state.

But in spite of all the good reasons to pursue the legalization of online poker in the state of California, the tribal communities are refusing to budge an inch in their opposition, continuing to insist that allowing any online gambling would be deliberately and knowledgably undermining the business and revenue for tribal-controlled land-based casinos. The chairwoman for the California Tribal Business Alliance, Lesley Lohse, was also in attendance for the latest meeting of the informal sessions, and made a point to reinterate their position, saying that to pursue the proposal would be ‘a direct violation of compacts and agreements with the tribes.’

But others argue that the Indians can claim no exclusivity rights in regards to poker, as it is a game during which players face off against one another, not the bank, house, or dealer. That’s a difference that excludes poker from compacts with the state.

The intrastate system proposal would be stringently regulated, with underage gambling a chief concern on the operational side. Only California residents aged 21 and up would be permitted to gamble online. The online gambling software company CyberArts is being looked at to provide such programming, with Chris Derossi CEO confident that his firm would be able to shoulder the responsibility without problems. In any case, a number of attendants for the Governmental meeting agreed, that should a legal option become available for online poker, a high percentage of players would make the switch, protecting themselves against backlash from the feds, and keeping their money in state where it belongs.