Online Poker Report – Iowa lawmakers will not take up the issue of online poker in 2014. Instead, the state’s gambling industry is committed to monitoring states where online gambling in already live with an eye toward working up a bill for 2015. That’s per Wes Ehrecke, President and CEO of the Iowa Gaming Association, in an article for Casino Enterprise Management. Ehrecke told CEM that there will be “no discussion in the 2014 legislative session” regarding online poker.
Citing the short legislative session , Ehrecke sketched an alternative plan for Iowa’s gaming stakeholders:
“Rather, the industry will closely watch the introduction of i-gaming in New Jersey and Delaware, plus Internet poker in Nevada. This will be an opportunity to learn what is working or not, including their regulations, compacts with other states, etc., and decide on suggested language for a bill to consider in 2015.”
