Nevada Gaming Control Board Set to Release Study Supporting Online Poker
According to a report in the Las Vegas Sun, the Nevada Gaming Control Board is ready to release a study by the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) that measures how many Nevadans gamble online and their attitudes toward legal Internet gambling. They hope this study will be viewed as another step toward the legalization and regulation of online gaming.
The survey, commissioned by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, is intended to inform lawmakers about the pros and cons of regulating online gaming—a business considered illegal by the Department of Justice and the current administration.
The survey, commissioned by the Nevada Gaming Control Board, is intended to inform lawmakers about the pros and cons of regulating online gaming—a business considered illegal by the Department of Justice and the current administration.
Nevada approved legislation in 2003 to allow regulators to study whether Internet gambling could be regulated. Since 2003, technology that locates and identifies online players through satellite signals, as well as procedures supporting online background checks, has been developed.
“It's historically been the policy of the state of Nevada to regulate gaming so that we can protect patrons and make sure they get paid when they win,” said Las Vegas gaming attorney Tony Cabot. He also pointed out that the UNLV study may show sufficient gambling dollars going offshore to warrant state efforts to tap into that revenue.
posted by Lou Krieger @ 11:15 AM
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There are too many ways for an online company to alter the outcome of online games and tilt the odds in favor of players whom they might want to promote their site(s). Even though the online sites might not benefit from sending a ringer in the game or one of their own, they can alter a game so that someone who could advertise for them would win, sort of "CREATE A STAR". This is just my opinion of course, and I've only played poker for a few decades. They can disconnect your connection if you are at a final table tournament so that you lose a big pot merely because you are disconnected, for one example. I'll bet this comment doesn't get posted: another way they can keep opposition silent. If, and only if, the online games were MONITORED by a third party, UNINTERESTED THIRD PARTY with polygraphing of operators and support, perhaps it would work, but there is nowhere to go if a customer has a complaint such as being disconnected only at final tables and only when having a big hand, as what happened to me at FIVE different tournaments. P.S. I'll miss Chip Reese; I was just talking to him less than two weeks ago. He has best-buddy status with me. We were just talking about sites that intentionally disconnect such as what can happen in FOREX trading when investing on a site that takes the other side of investors' trades rather than brokering the trades off to a foreign bank. BTW this is what I believe to be a scam that is similar to betting with a complete stranger who controls every aspect of the game AND HAS A VESTED INTEREST. Be sure to check to see if your FOREX broker is really the one fading your bets; if so, this is not good and you should change to a company that simply makes their profit on the "spread" and never makes a profit if you lose.
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