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Florida's Intrastate Gambling

Florida is on the fast track toward the legalization of internet poker in the state under the same sort of regulations that states like New Jersey, Iowa, and others are pursuing as well. Online casinos are illegal in the US across state lines and via offshore companies, but the UIGEA does not have the right to fully block intrastate gambling, and that’s where the a Florida lawmaker, Representative Joseph Abruzzo, plans use Florida law to circumvent the UIGEA and begin offering legalized internet poker gambling in the state with tax revenues benefiting the state coffers. The bill has been thoroughly developed to adhere to the federal laws that are blocking offshore online casinos and instead connecting only Florida state gamblers in an internet poker gaming situation from all across the state.

This new bill has already been introduced now into the Florida legislator and attempts to regulate the proposed online poker industry through the Division of Pari-mutuel Wagering. The proposed bill is intended to not only regulate an activity that is already happening all across the state, but to also protect Florida gamblers from the possibly unscrupulous offshore and foreign online casino and poker gambling companies targeting US residents, including Florida residents. The bill would allow the state to charge a licensing fee to the companies looking to offer internet gambling. The state’s fee is a flat 20 percent off of the top, and then operators and affiliates are able to take profit and expenses out of the remaining.

Abruzzo authored the online poker bill in question and a has provided to all of the necessary areas of legalizing forms of gambling in the state – from licensing fees to new regulations needed to protect problem and underage gamblers, Abruzzo’s bill is ready for passage and could mean a legal intrastate gambling monopoly by the end of the year if passed.