Another US state has joined the online poker regulation scrum.
Mississippi, the state famous for having a lot of S’s in its name and that movie with Gene Hackman, wants to add regulated online poker to the list of things that distinguish it from other states.
From LegalPokerSites:
On Wednesday, Rep. Bobby Moak filed Mississippi House Bill 1373 also called the Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2012. The bill is designed to all forms of online gambling and online poker as approved by the Mississippi Gambling Commission.
The bill specifically states that “the State of Mississippi finds that the state regulations of legal gaming in this state, and the provision of this Mississippi Lawful Internet Gaming Act of 2012, prescribe a lawful exemption to the UIGEA…” They further state that any question regarding the state’s authority may have been from interpretations of other federal anti-gaming laws and that action was vacated by the US Department of Justice memo on the Wire Act dated December 23, 2011.
This makes just about a half a dozen states that are seriously considering regulated online poker – more than enough, it should be noted, to form a state compact with a viable player pool.
You can read the bill here and read more about other US states moving toward regulation here.
Source:
LegalPokerSites.com
