Regulated Online Poker Nebraska. Casino gambling has been up for discussion in Nebraska. Senator Russ Karpisek says that it will raise money for tax relief and state aid to schools. He also thinks the state is giving too much gambling money to surrounding states by not offering casino gambling. Nebraska today only allows keno, horse racing and a lottery. Obviously, Nebraska has to go a very long way until discussions of regulated online poker even can be initiated.
| Online Poker Status |
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|---|---|
| Population 21 or older | 1.3 Million |
| Proportion of total US population | 0.58% |
| Live Poker | No |
| Estimated year for online regulation | NA |
| Probability - Interstate agreement | NA |
Both Washington state and Mississippi surprised many by introducing legislation to legalize online poker. But unfortunately, efforts to regulate iPoker in both states have already died out in early 2015. However, this doesn’t mean that nothing positive arose from these movements. That said, let’s discuss why the online poker push ended in both states as […]
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In Sheldon Adelson’s vision of a perfect world, we’d all be using boxy Apple computers again with no commercial internet access. But since that’s not the case, the Las Vegas Sands Chairman has renewed his campaign to make online gaming illegal throughout the United States. One of his lackeys, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), reintroduced the […]
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Despite seeing its first full year of online poker, Nevada poker revenue fell 3.23 percent to $119,904,000 in 2014. The drop ruins some optimism that was created in 2013, when Nevada land-based and online poker rooms pulled in $123,891,000. This was the first year-over-year revenue increase since 2006 to 2007 ($168 million), which was at […]
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The main threat to the expansion of online poker in the United States remains Sheldon Adelson and his cronies. And one of Adelson’s chief cronies is South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, who recently grilled Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s nominee for US Attorney General, over the online gaming matter. That said, let’s discuss this exchange […]
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If online poker proponents were hoping that Sheldon Adelson would quietly go away after losing his bid to end US iGaming last year, they are unfortunately mistaken. Like the mask-wearing murderer in a horror movie, Adelson just keeps getting up no matter what’s thrown at him. Case in point, the 81-year-old billionaire has already had […]
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