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A handful of the gaming industry’s most influential experts will testify at a Friday House hearing for the idea of an Internet poker system based in the United States.
Representatives Frank Wolf (R-VA), John Campbell (R-CA) and Barney Frank (D-MA) will be apart of the first panel to give testimony. Both Frank and Campbell have tried to push online poker legislation through Congress.
The aforementioned politicians will be joined by Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark A. Lipparelli, Executive Director of the New Hampshire Lottery Commission Charles McIntyre, American Gaming Association President Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. and Senior Research Scientist at the University of Chicago Dr. Rachel A. Volberg.
The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade will hold its follow-up hearing to discuss regulating the potential Internet gaming industry.
In late October, the subcommittee held a gathering of industry experts to discuss the safety of web-based gaming, specifically poker.
Leaders on Capitol Hill also were taking a look into Rep. Joe Barton’s (R-TX) online poker bill.
Some industry insiders think that the legalization of online poker will not come through a stand-alone bill. Barton has said that the debt reduction “supercommittee,” which will deliver a plan by Thanksgiving, is considering online gaming, according to Politico.
The discussions in Washington come at a time when Lipparelli and the state of Nevada are moving along with a plan to adopt regulations for an interactive gaming system that would run online poker.
In addition to Friday’s House hearing, on Thursday the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold a hearing to address the question: “What’s at Stake for Tribes?”
The list of witnesses for that hearing primarily includes tribal representatives, along with former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato (R-NY), Chairman of the Poker Players Alliance.
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