Online gambling ban appears in new Massachusetts bill
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A bill that would have allowed casinos in Massachusetts is dead, but a possible online gambling ban in the commonwealth is not.
Just a few weeks after Governor Deval Patrick’s casino bill was stopped in the legislature, a new bill has surfaced that would allow slot machines at racetracks. However, the bill includes the same wording that appeared in the casino bill, which would lead to an online gambling and poker ban in Massachusetts.
According to pokerpages.com:
In Section 11 of Flynn’s bill it says:
“Any person or entity who knowingly transmits or receives wagers of any type by any telecommunication device, including telephone, cellular phone, Internet, or local area network, which shall mean to include wireless local networks, or any other similar device or equipment, or knowingly installs or maintain said device or equipment for the transmission or receipt of wagering information shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 years or pay a fine of not more than $25,000 or by both; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the use of a local area network as a means to place wagers on a licensed gaming establishment, or use of said devices or equipment by the commission in its duties in regulating, enforcing and auditing a licensed gaming operator, or use of said devices or equipment for the purpose of a licensed gaming operator advertising itself.”
