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Not a Strong Point

Lawyers for the State of Washington in haven’t really presented the strongest case this year as the Poker Players Alliance Washington State Director Lee Rousso pushes for the government to overturn the legislation that makes online casinos and internet poker illegal and a felony offense within the state. Washington is the only US state that has such harsh penalties and a key justification for banning the online casino and poker sites comes down to a claim that internet gambling cannot be sufficiently controlled via regulations – a claim that is uncategorically untrue and has been disproved by numerous governments all over the world that are currently successfully regulating gambling sites.

The fact of the matter is simple, Washington legislators have banned the online casinos because they compete with the revenue that the Washington land gambling industry is bringing in and the protectionist legislation is meant to funnel all of the state’s poker, gambling, and betting activity through the heavily taxed Washington and tribal gambling venues. Additionally, the fact that horserace betting is allowed in the state just goes to show that there is a definite prejudice just against the online casino industry in particular. Thomas Goldstein noted that there is no real and actual evidence that the state can use to fully claim that regulated and safe gambling is impossible.

The Washington case is now going to head to the state Supreme Court in the coming months and the PPA will have the chance to submit more evidence and opinions about why the internet poker industry in particular, beyond just the online casinos, should be legalized within the state.