Hearing date set for lawsuit challenging Washington’s online gaming laws

Lee Rousso, a Washington lawyer who recently filed suit against the State of Washington on the grounds that the state’s online gaming laws violation the Commerce Clause of the US constitution, will have his day in court shortly.

Pokerlistings is reporting that Rousso’s case has been assigned a court date of September 21st. Washington has arguably the strictest state laws regarding online gaming in the United States. Rousso is challenging those laws due to their apparent conflict with US Federal law, as explained in an excerpt from his suit:

“Gambling, Internet gambling and poker are all legal in Washington. Therefore, the obvious purpose of the IGB as it applies to Internet poker is to force Internet poker players to patronize in-state, brick-and-mortar casinos rather than Internet poker rooms, which are legal where domiciled and not illegal under federal law, or to switch their Internet gambling from poker to horse racing.”