Online Poker Licensing applications to be accepted from February 2012 – Poker News
Mark Lipparelli, Chairman of Nevada State Gaming Control Board (GCB), proclaimed last week that they online poker officials can submit their applications of license from February, next year. Online poker is allowed to be officially
played within the states in America but it is completely unlawful to contest any kind of tournaments amongst different states participants.
Obviously, it is very uneconomical for the poker officials to conduct tournaments within a state as there are not many players available to make it a feasible option but at the moment that aspect is being neglected and Internet
Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) clause of no interstate poker still prevails.
The whole procedure of licensing won’t be straight forward and licensers don’t think it to be a simple stamping process. Applicants that already own licenses for and mortar gambling in Nevada will be done with the procedure relatively
quickly but other applicants will have to portray that they contain the technology to prevent any minor’s participation in the tournament.
The process of license issuing might take several months as it will require in-depth analysis of the feasibility report provided by the applicants and their technology inspection. Lipparelli said “We’ve taken our brick-and-mortar
operational standards to a new level. We’re going to continue to be flexible, but we think we’ve set the bar high for licensing and suitability.”
Rules and regulation for online poker is already in place in Nevada, there is just a need of refining few clauses and the framework will be ready. GCB conducted a workshop in September to finalize the legislation for online poker
and there were very minor changes being suggested that will be completed by December.
Gambling will be legal only for the people aging 21 and above. Players can use their credit cards for financial transactions but no transaction should take place amongst players directly. Five years tournament history of each player
will be kept by the operators and only one account for every player will be maintained with their original name.
There are several advancements towards interstate poker allowance as well but currently the stipulation of UIGEA still exists at the moment. The regulations are made with utmost care and interstate poker consideration is kept in
mind so there is no need to make any more amendments when interstate poker is legalized.
It’s a positive step to enhance online gambling but it requires excessive security to prevent misuse or underage access.
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