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State-By-State Internet Gaming Expansion
NIGA Legislative Summit| 07 February 2012
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U.S. Internet Gambling Legislative Map | 2012
Internet gambling legislation expected or pending
Internet gambling legislation approved
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Internet Gambling Timeline | 2012
Session Begins
Session Ends
Legislation
California
4 January
31 August
Pending
Connecticut
8 February
9 May
Unknown
Florida
10 January
9 March
Unlikely
Hawaii
18 January
Late April
Pending
Iowa
9 January
17 April
Expected
Massachusetts
4 January
31 July
Expected
New Jersey
10 January
None
Expected
Federal
Session Begins
Session Ends
Legislation
House
17 January
14 December
Pending
Senate
23 January
December
Unknown
Poker
Casino
Lottery
Poker
Casino
Lottery
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Nevada
 Nevada Interactive Gaming Act passed 2001
 Licensing regulations adopted Dec. 22 2011
 Games restricted to intrastate, online poker;
operator licenses for major casinos only
 Technology suppliers can apply for Nevada
interactive gaming service provider licenses
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California
 Two bills – SB 40 (intrastate poker only), and SB 45
(poker plus) – pending but set to expire
 Third bill slated for this month with support from
California Senate President
 Question marks: poker vs. other games, no. of
licenses, license eligibility, regulatory speed-tomarket, ‘taxes’ and license fees
 Tribal issues: Class III exclusivity, regulation,
sovereign immunity
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Iowa
 Introduction of an Internet poker bill is imminent
 Dec. 2011 study by Iowa Racing & Gaming
Commission found i-poker could be effectively
regulated and state could raise modest annual tax
revenues of $3-13m if legalized
 Under 2011 bill (SF 458), one platform would be
licensed to operate poker on behalf of existing
Iowa casinos and racetracks
 No specific language addressed Iowa’s 3 Native
American tribes operating casinos under IGRA
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New Jersey
 Bill S.490 to allow intrastate Internet gaming
vetoed March 2011 by Gov. Chris Christie
 Christie now working with bill sponsor Sen.
Raymond Lesniak on new measure to provide for
regulation by NJ Division of Gaming Enforcement
 Licenses for Atlantic City casinos only; poker plus
casino games
 Question mark over need for state-wide
referendum to amend New Jersey Constitution
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Hawaii
 HB 2422 and SB 2980 introduced in Jan. 2012
 Bills would create state-owned gaming corporation
to offer Internet poker, casino and lottery games
on intrastate basis
 Includes possibility for interstate compacts
 Hawaii one of two states with no legalized gaming
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Other states
 Discussions in Connecticut over Internet
poker/casino/lottery with tribal participation
 Possible poker bill from Rep. Winslow in
Massachusetts
 Florida taking a back seat; Seminole Compact
 Some preliminary discussion in Illinois
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Internet Lottery Map | February 2012
Internet ticket sales expected to go live in CY 2012
Advance Internet subscription sales currently live
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State lotteries
 Sept. 20 2011 DoJ memo gave green light for
Internet lottery plans in Illinois and New York
 Illinois (2009 Internet lottery law) and Maryland
looking to launch online ticket sales this year
 Other states watching, inc. Massachusetts
 District of Columbia expanded lottery law set to
be repealed
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Conclusions
 DoJ Wire Act memo addressed important legal
hurdle to allow states to proceed with regulation
 Some momentum behind Internet gambling
among states and state lotteries in 2012
 California and Connecticut seem key to watch for
how state government regulation might treat
Native American gaming
 Existing, in-state gaming interests (casinos,
lotteries and tribes) and poker being favored in
proposals
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