New York ignores online poker bill

The assembly didn’t get to vote on the bill that would’ve legalised online poker in New York.

US.- The New York legislature ended its final day of legislative session on Wednesday, meaning that the Assembly didn’t vote on the poker bill that the Senate had approved last week. The bill is now dead for a second year in a row.

The sponsor of the bill, Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, D-Westchester County, said earlier this week that he expected the bill to be rejected, as the Assembly Democrats discussed it behind doors and that they came to the conclusion that the issue wouldn’t be resolved before the legislative session ended this Wednesday.

The online poker bill was set to be evaluated by the New York State Senate last week, and it was believed that it had an actual shot at being passed. The online poker bill was also modified to add the label of “bad actor” in order to extent authorities of granting licenses to companies that may comply with requirements. New York would’ve become the fourth state to offer some type of online gambling, as Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware are the only ones allowed to do it. Other states like Pennsylvania are still trying to fully regulate and legalise the industry.