Massachusetts and Online Poker

April 19, 2013

First it was Nevada, then New Jersey, closely followed by Delaware, and later Illinois, that wised up to the fact that online gambling is big business, and that allowing certain, licensed online casino sites to operate within their borders, would brig in a significant chunk of change in the form of online gambling tax.

It now seems that the State of Massachusetts wants to get in on this action, and grab its own slice of the USA gambling tax pie. Although in a slightly different way. Massachusetts is taking a look at a bill that has been sponsored, and supported by 18 separate members of the House of Representatives, that would effectively legalize online poker within the state. This would be a complete 360 degree about turn on the legal state of online poker in the last 12 months. It was only at the beginning of last year when most online casino sites that offered online poker, and we are talking major online gambling companies like Party Poker, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, were forced to stop offering their services to American online poker players.

This nationwide clamp down on online poker actually caused some major problems for online casino players. Some of whom, who play online poker for a living, actually had to move to other parts of the world, most usually Canada or Mexico, where they could continue to earn a living. So we can see how the State of Massachusetts, making online poker legal, would likely be well received by local residents.

However, we can also consider that fact that by legalizing online poker play at locally licensed online casino sites, we are opening the doors for full acceptance of online gambling at state level. In effect, we are opening the door, allowing people to become accustomed to online poker being made legal, and then the government can follow up with a revised online gambling bill sometime in the future. Now we think this is a smart move, there are some states that would simply never pass a carte blanche bill making online casino sites legal. However, using this staged approach might be the only way for these states to actually move forwards, and grab their share of online gambling tax revenue.

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