GiGSE - North America - ask your questions here

[The Dude]

Old / Expired Link - it's being held in San Francisco 24-26 April, and I'll be there. This conference will be focused on the North American/US market and should be quite interesting. I'll be hanging around gathering information, and if there are any questions you'd like me to ask, please post them in this thread.

Thanks!

 

[Simmo!]

Can you try and get a rough order of the States that those "in the know" think will pass legislation? Would also be interesting to know which States will follow Utah's lead and opt out of the process. Then, can you stand on a pedestal in the middle of the room with a placard that says "Say NO to signup bonuses!" for a couple of days

 

[LHofsdal]

I am kind of wondering that if/when gaming online becomes legal in some states how they plan on taking care of the taxes if someone wins. Is it going to be like B&M casinos where they give you a form and if the players will have the option of having the state taxes taken out by the casino before the payment is made.

LH

 

[butterflyboogie]

Bryan...I would like to know if say for instance they legalize it in just say Nevada can someone from Tennessee play, or do you have to be a resident in the state in which it was legalized.

 

[Simmo!]

Bryan...I would like to know if say for instance they legalize it in just say Nevada can someone from Tennessee play, or do you have to be a resident in the state in which it was legalized.

I think I can answer that one...sorta Basically it depends on two things: firstly, the State that is producing the legislation will probably decide on that individually. For example, I think Nevada's legislation says only people in NV can play and even then, only at businesses with land-based interests in NV. NJ's proposed legislation on the other hand I think says it will allow it's licencees to take out-of-State players, however (the second point!) this will probably depend on the other States legalising it first and then also allowing cross-border play. My guess is that there will be inter-State agreements at some point but it will probably boil down to who collects the taxes and how they divvy them up.

Both proposals still have to go through of course.

 

[The Dude]

The Eagle has landed...

The conference begins tomorrow - I'll be there with your questions. Hope I find some people with the answers

 

[cpdnd31]

Here in IL we were a banned state but now that the online lottery started will that make it legal for us to gamble online as well?

 

[The Dude]

Can you try and get a rough order of the States that those "in the know" think will pass legislation? Would also be interesting to know which States will follow Utah's lead and opt out of the process. Then, can you stand on a pedestal in the middle of the room with a placard that says "Say NO to signup bonuses!" for a couple of days

It turned out that not is known about anything. The state laws are still within the realm of the federal law, and no one seems to to know how it's all going to work yet. It's a pretty strange situation, especially when comparing this to laws within the EU.

I am kind of wondering that if/when gaming online becomes legal in some states how they plan on taking care of the taxes if someone wins. Is it going to be like B&M casinos where they give you a form and if the players will have the option of having the state taxes taken out by the casino before the payment is made.

LH

Again, it's not known yet, but I cover this in my report here on what will probably happen:
https://www.casinomeister.com/static/newsletter/2012/may2012/8may2012_gigse.php

Bryan...I would like to know if say for instance they legalize it in just say Nevada can someone from Tennessee play, or do you have to be a resident in the state in which it was legalized.

As it stands now, it will be intrastate - but again, know one seems to know.

Check out the report, hopefully it will answer your questions as best as it can