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Delaware prepares for "full blown" online gaming era
Delaware is ready to offer legal online gaming to its citizens after the so-called Gaming Competitiveness Act was signed by Governor Jack Markell on Friday.
The bill was voted through the state's Senate on Thursday, and was signed by Markell less than 24 hours later.
The quick process indicates a wide political will to push through the project, according to statements made by Representative John Viola according to Pokernews.
The project was agreed upon after Markell vetoed a similar bill last year, but once lawmakers had worked out a new and more fitting solution, the state is now ready to go all-in and offer citizens and full-scale online gambling experience.
"I think some states are going to want to take advantage of parts of what games can be offered, but not all," Viola said.
"We went full blown. You want to go online and play craps, poker, slots, buy lottery tickets, Mega Millions, Poweball. You're either in the game or out of the game. If you want to play, let's play. I think we're kind of the forefront of Internet gaming right now," he added.
According to estimates from state legislators, Delaware's new intrastate online gambling regime could bring in an additional $7.75 million already by 2013.
Licenses will likely be handed out to Delaware's three racinos, two publicly traded companies and one privately owned entity, under the jurisdiction of the Delaware state lottery.
The bill was voted through the state's Senate on Thursday, and was signed by Markell less than 24 hours later.
The quick process indicates a wide political will to push through the project, according to statements made by Representative John Viola according to Pokernews.
The project was agreed upon after Markell vetoed a similar bill last year, but once lawmakers had worked out a new and more fitting solution, the state is now ready to go all-in and offer citizens and full-scale online gambling experience.
"I think some states are going to want to take advantage of parts of what games can be offered, but not all," Viola said.
"We went full blown. You want to go online and play craps, poker, slots, buy lottery tickets, Mega Millions, Poweball. You're either in the game or out of the game. If you want to play, let's play. I think we're kind of the forefront of Internet gaming right now," he added.
According to estimates from state legislators, Delaware's new intrastate online gambling regime could bring in an additional $7.75 million already by 2013.
Licenses will likely be handed out to Delaware's three racinos, two publicly traded companies and one privately owned entity, under the jurisdiction of the Delaware state lottery.
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11 months ago
Such great news. Feels great living in a state that knows how to get paid while making its citizens happy, with little to no bullshit in between. Pass the bill sign the bill..... DONE. We have no sales tax......You go to the store and something u want says $1.00 you pay $1.00 not a penny more. Almost EVERY major credit card company is out of Delaware which already makes us the richest state per-capita. We hold like virtually no electoral votes which means we don't need to hear all the bull shit every four years about what he (or her) will do for our state. We are run bye our people not our politcians. Joe Biden (vice president) and i go way back. Ask him if he knows ScrappyCuz he was a regular at a tavern i used to run. He went to school with my mom and i went to town.....i mean school with his daughter ;). So yes not only is Delaware a state but it was the first state to be named as the start of the United States Of America. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 
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11 months ago
Hopefully it works well and other states here take note and follow soon, being there is vast amounts to make in taxes from online gaming you would assume every state in the USA would hurry and get on the ban wagon. You may recall several years ago the governor of Kentucky tried to hijack all the online gaming website by illegally trying to seize over 150 gaming web domains and cause some havoc for a while in the online gaming world. Seems the state of Kentucky started the ball rolling for the DOJ and they pick up where the state of Kentucky left off and we’ll we all know the result of that mess “BLACK FRIDAY”
I fear however unless there is a uniform online gaming act passed soon by the feds and if it’s left up to each individual state to pass and regulate their own online gaming act, the state of Kentucky will still be left out in the cold as far as access to online poker rooms. The merge network is the only online gaming room I can access here and quite frankly I’m shocked they still allow payers to access it. I know a year or so ago the stopped allowing new players to sigh up from here, not sure if that’s still the case.
I fear however unless there is a uniform online gaming act passed soon by the feds and if it’s left up to each individual state to pass and regulate their own online gaming act, the state of Kentucky will still be left out in the cold as far as access to online poker rooms. The merge network is the only online gaming room I can access here and quite frankly I’m shocked they still allow payers to access it. I know a year or so ago the stopped allowing new players to sigh up from here, not sure if that’s still the case.
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11 months ago
The quick process indicates a wide political will to push through the project, according to statements made by Representative John Viola according to Pokernews.
The project was agreed upon after Markell vetoed a similar bill last year, but once lawmakers had worked out a new and more fitting solution, the state is now ready to go all-in and offer citizens and full-scale online gambling experience.
"I think some states are going to want to take advantage of parts of what games can be offered, but not all," Viola said.
"We went full blown. You want to go online and play craps, poker, slots, buy lottery tickets, Mega Millions, Poweball. You're either in the game or out of the game. If you want to play, let's play. I think we're kind of the forefront of Internet gaming right now," he added.
so theyre making a delaware poker software?
The project was agreed upon after Markell vetoed a similar bill last year, but once lawmakers had worked out a new and more fitting solution, the state is now ready to go all-in and offer citizens and full-scale online gambling experience.
"I think some states are going to want to take advantage of parts of what games can be offered, but not all," Viola said.
"We went full blown. You want to go online and play craps, poker, slots, buy lottery tickets, Mega Millions, Poweball. You're either in the game or out of the game. If you want to play, let's play. I think we're kind of the forefront of Internet gaming right now," he added.
so theyre making a delaware poker software?
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