Key Takeaways
- Harry Reid made comments this week threatening to support a ban of online poker, but he tripped over himself in an effort to leave wiggle room.
- The editorial board for the LA Times has come out publicly in favor of regulating and licensing online poker in the state of California.
- Online lottery in the state of Minnesota appears to be on its last legs.
- Just when it seemed that the notion of legalizing and regulating online gaming in the state of Pennsylvania was making positive strides, a report has surfaced indicating that the Parx Casino (a proponent of online gaming) is now trying to require online gaming account holders register in person with a land-based casino operator.
Harry Reid continues to try and squeeze every last ounce of benefit out of the battle over online gaming in the US by playing both sides of the fence. Reid made comments this week threatening to support a ban of online poker, but he tripped over himself in an effort to leave a little wiggle room.
“Unless we can get something done with poker, I’m going to look closely — I haven’t made up my mind — but I’m going to look closely into banning it totally,” Reid said. “I’m going to take a hard look at it. It would be something I would certainly consider strongly.”
