While Nevada is pressing ahead with plans to have intrastate online poker in full swing by the end of this year, federal legislation is being put on hold. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported earlier this week that Fitch Ratings Service released a report indicating that federal legislation is “unlikely” anytime soon. Dean Heller insists that online poker legislation at the federal level is “on the front burner” following reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had already drafted a. As for playing poker online, the act of placing a wager online while in Nevada does appear to be in violation of Section 465.093 which makes 'Placing, sending, transmitting or relaying wagers to another person' a misdemeanor.
After numerous amendments in its path through the Nevada legislature, Assembly Bill 258, which gives the Nevada Gaming Commission the authority to adopt regulations for internet poker, was signed into law by Governor Brian Sandoval late last week.
AB 258’s purpose is to put the Silver State first in line to adopt regulations for internet poker once federal legislation is passed or the U.S. Department of Justice determines that operating interactive gaming is permissible under the law.
Multiple attempts are underway in Washington D.C. to push federal legislation through, and if eventually successful, the Nevada Gaming Commission could begin to issue licenses to qualifying casinos for internet card playing.
Gov. Sandoval signing the bill comes as no surprise to Assembly Chairman William Horne, sponsor of the legislation. Horne has said in the past that he had fully expected the bill to pass smoothly through the legislature and meet no resistance from the governor.
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