Harry Reid Pessimistic About New Web Poker BillNevada Lawmaker Seems To Think Such Efforts Are Dead |
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Harry Reid, a lawmaker from the state of Nevada, reportedly has said that he doesn’t think a new online poker bill drafted by a New York Congressman has much of a chance of passing.
“I felt for several months now that I don’t see any movement on this,” Reid told the Las Vegas Sun. “I don’t see anything happening.”
Via the Sun: Reid said that a bill filed in the House of Representatives yesterday by Rep. Peter King, D-N.Y., made the prospects of a poker bill even bleaker, because it “basically authorizes everything – 21, poker, everything,” Reid said.
So far, Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey have authorized online gambling. Nevada has seen its real-money online poker games kick off, with more expected on the way. The World Series of Poker said it will debut its games sometimes this summer.
A federal online poker bill has long been unlikely. There have been multiple attempts over the years, but nothing has ever actually made some serious ground.
Some have felt that a federal online poker bill has always been drawing dead. In some sense, all efforts have been pretty much pointless given the stigma on the business.
In 2006, Congress passed an anti-Internet gambling law called the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.
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