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Reworded Online Casino Bill

Poker players in Massachusetts are breathing a bit easier this week as the government has amended a piece of highly controversial legislation that would have made both the online casinos and internet poker illegal within the state – and a felony offence at that. The new bill that has been heating up the international media looked to classify all internet based games as illegal and punishable by a huge fine and possible prison time. International outcry from the poker gambling community in particular has forced the legislators to amend the current proposal to exclude internet poker from these harsh penalties. The bad news is that the online casino industry is still targeted by the controversial clause within the new bill.

The bill is specifically designed to license new land casinos within the state and provide a framework for expansions in the Massachusetts State land gambling industry. But because the state is really looking to protect potential land gambling interests, several key politicians have made it a point to ban the online casinos though and go down a line of legislation akin to the highly criticized and draconian legislation Washington State. The Poker Players Alliance though was pleased that the politicians agreed to alter the controversial clause to specifically free online poker sites from the restrictions.

The debate still wages on, however, and the online casino gambling industry is pushing for complete eradication of this controversial clause within the bill. At this point it is an unnecessary condition to passing wider land gambling legislation that is the entire purpose of the bill, so there is a slim hope.