California I-Poker Hearing Rescheduled For MondayLawmakers To Talk About One Of Four Active Proposals |
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An online poker hearing in California that was originally planned for Wednesday has been rescheduled for Monday.
The proposal, Assembly Bill 431, will be discussed at 1:30 p.m. local time in Sacramento. The Assembly Governmental Organization Committee is where it will be discussed.
According to Chris Krafcik of GamblingCompliance, the legislation is considered a “shell” of what would ultimately become law in the Golden State. California isn’t expected to legalize online poker this year or next year, but it’s likely a matter of when, not if, especially considering the size of the poker market in California.
Source: #CA #Internet #poker shell bill AB431 to be heard on 4/27 in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee.
— Chris Krafcik (@CKrafcik) April 23, 2015
There are four separate online poker proposals on the table right now in California. Monday’s hearing will be the first of four public discussions on online poker planned for this spring and summer. It remains to be seen if a vote will be held on any of the bills this year. No California politician has ever voted on an Internet poker plan.
Neighboring Nevada has regulated online poker, and lawmakers in the Silver State are currently mulling over a plan to limit Internet gaming compacts with other states to just poker. The Nevada bill is backed by anti-online gaming casino boss Sheldon Adelson. Nevada is currently sharing online poker liquidity with Delaware.
Move east a couple of thousand miles, and federal lawmakers on Capitol Hill are considering a nationwide ban on online poker, at the behest of Adelson. If RAWA became law, California probably will never have regulated online poker and Nevada’s industry could shut down, though a carve-out for existing online poker states could be considered.
In addition to California, Pennsylvania is considering an online poker industry. The Keystone State has urged Congress to reject the proposed federal online poker ban. Pennsylvania will probably legalize online poker before California thanks to the former’s simpler gaming industry. California has the largest tribal casino industry in the nation, and there are many complexities to figuring out a compromise there.
With only three states—New Jersey being the third—with regulated online poker, the resurgence of online poker in the United States has been slow to take off after some of the major offshore sites stopped catering to American customers in April 2011 on a day infamously known as Black Friday.
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