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What Will the Proposal Really Say?

Intense speculation abounds in the United State’s online casinos gambling industry as the highly controversial Massachusetts proposal supporting three land casinos and the banning of internet gambling goes to the house later this week. Governor Deval Patrick has been in the hot seat for the last several weeks as many interest groups voiced intense concerns about elements of Governor Patrick’s proposal – everything from the anti-online casinos gambling clause to the estimated revenue and jobs that would come to the state if the proposal passes through. And while the protests reaches a fervor in the days preceding the Massachusetts House vote, many speculate on the wide reaching implications of Patrick’s land casino proposal.

The Poker Players Alliance is perhaps the foremost online casinos poker players advocacy groups in the United States. The PPA finds strength not only in the number of registered members, but in the Alliance’s strength at grassroots advertising and lobbying efforts. John Pappas is the head of the Alliance and recently commented on the long-term effects of Governor Patrick’s pro- land, anti-online casinos proposal. He notes, "People around the world are watching to see how the Massachusetts legislature deals with this issue because its significance goes far beyond gaming…We believe taking the extreme step of criminalizing online poker would be a strike against personal freedom, would tarnish the reputation of Massachusetts as a progressive state, and be opposed by millions of poker players around the country and world."

Harvard Professor Charles Nesson and the founder of a student run pro-online casino and land poker gambling group, the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society (GPSTS) echoed Pappas’ concerns about the far reaching effects of criminalizing online gambling. Nesson noted that anti-online gambling and poker legislation “advertises to the world that Massachusetts is a state that discriminates against the Internet and new technologies.” He elaborates that this message “is exactly the opposite of what the state needs for its economic development."

The proposal goes before the Statehouse in Boston, Massachusetts at the end of the week and in the mean time the intense debate over the proposal continues.