| Posted by: max at June 5, 2006, 8:32 am | | Topic: Washington bans online poker Forum: Winner Online |
Here's a question from the mailbag that I couldn't find a good answer to. I thought perhaps one of our law-sa y readers might be able to offer some insight:
"Hello,
Does this law also prohibit people from playing free lotto games on the
internet and accepting winnings if the win?
Thank You,
Gary"
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| Posted by: max at June 5, 2006, 8:28 am | | Topic: Washington bans online poker Forum: Winner Online |
Here's a little more of this article:
"Washington D.C. has been spitting out anti-gambling rhetoric for the last little bit. Bills aimed at making arious forms of online gaming illegal have been bandied about and are going through the arious steps to becoming law; Senators and Representatives are constantly preaching about the damaging effects of gambling, but through it all ery little, if any, of the legislation has actually become law.
It seems almost ironic then, that the “conservative” Eastcoast was beaten to the punch by the laid back, supposedly more liberal Westcoast.
Washington State Senator Margarita Prentice, the chair of the Ways and Means Committee — responsible for developing operating and capital budgets and tax and pension policy — introduced Bill SB 6613 and referred it to the Senate Labor, Commerce, Research and Development Committee, to which she also is a member, on January 17, 2006. The piece of legislation would add to the Gambling Act and aimed... | | Read Entire Entry |
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