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Iowa 1st state to allow online gambling and POKER!!?

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  1. flipbsj flipbsj is offline

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    Feb 26th, 2010 (2/26/2010 3:06pm)

    <H1>Iowa lawmakers considering online gambling</H1>
    Blog post by Jason Clayworth • jclayworth@dmreg.com • February 26, 2010

    Iowa would be the first state in the nation to allow in-state Internet gambling under a proposal being developed by a group of eight lawmakers, several elected leaders said today.

    The idea would allow people to deposit between $50 and $500 into a special account at one of Iowa’s casinos. That account could then be used to play poker online. The restrictions, however, is that the person would have to play on a computer that is using an Iowa Internet address.

    Playing outside of the state would be prohibited.

    Additional revenue to the state would be roughly $11.5 million, according to preliminary projections.

    Advocates of the idea call it “account deposit wagering” and refrain from saying it is Internet gambling, noting that people would first have to physically go to a casino to add money to their account.

    “Approx 50,000 people in the state of Iowa participate in illegal, online gaming. The discussion we are having about account deposit wagers would put caps on it, regulate it through the racing and gaming commission,” said Rep. Doug Struyk, R-Council Bluffs who is part of a legislative working group on the issue. “…We would take something that Iowans are currently being abuse on by out-of-country, unregulated entities and allow the state to put constraints on it.

    Struyk made the comments today during a forum on gambling at Drake University sponsored by IowaPolitics.com.

    Rep. Mary Mascher, D-Iowa City, expressed reservations about the idea.

    “There are a lot of things in Iowa that are illegal but it doesn’t mean we should legalize it,” Mascher said.

    A bill is being drafted, Struyk said.
  2. sophia_p sophia_p is offline

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    Mar 6th, 2010 (3/6/2010 2:56pm) in reply to flipbsj

    NY next plz
  3. trevor grady trevor grady is offline

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    Jun 11th, 2010 (6/11/2010 9:25am) in reply to sophia_p

    According to the proposal, players would visit an Iowa casino and make a deposit in person, either in the form of cash, check or bank cards. however, NJ and California is now legalized online gambling especially online poker.
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