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The state of Massachusetts has long talked about the need in the state for gambling expansions as a way to offset costs and flesh out some parts of the budget. This is not uncommon in the US right now, in fact a dozen or so US states are currently considering land and online casino gambling as an option for jump-starting the economy back into life and easing budgetary woes. The difference in Massachusetts, however, is that the state government is specifically against expansion in the industry where the online casinos are concerned and instead plan to legalize two new land gambling venues and actually outlaw internet gambling. A new bill in the state has a small clause within it that would actually make internet gambling within the state a criminal offence.

That’s right, the Massachusetts government is pro gambling expansion but so against the online casinos that the legislators are trying to make internet gambling a felony offense punishable by as long as two years in prison and a fine of $25,000. The only state to match these strict laws is Washington, and they’re always criticized in the industry headlines. The intense outcry by this latest bill though is falling on deaf ears to a large extent, Massachusetts’ House Speaker, Robert DeLeo, introduced the new gambling bill and supports making the online casino gambling industry fully illegal in the state.

The specifics of the clause in the new 172 page legislative proposal has a stipulation on page 123 that outlines that any player knowingly taking part in gambling through telecommunication devices will be punished. The clause also specifies all of the telecommunication devices such as the telephone, cellular phones, and the internet. Which means the online casinos will soon be fully illegal in the state, even internet poker, if this new bill passes into legislation.