What To Expect From Today’s Online Poker Bill Hearing in California

There is expected to be a vote on online poker bill AB 2863 at today’s California Assembly Governmental Organization Committee (GO) hearing, according to Eric Johnson, chief consultant for the committee.

Assemblyman Adam Gray, who chairs the committee, had his online poker bill pass through GO last year, but under much different circumstances. That bill was just a shell bill, a placeholder that was passed on good faith before a deadline to move bills out of the committee in order to allow for continued discussion.

This is fully fledged legislation, with the controversial addition of an annual $60 million stipend for the horse racing industry in exchange for giving up its right to be operators. And since the bill has an urgency clause, there is no need for it to pass this month unless it is ready.

If this bill passes, it will be the first real advancement of online poker legislation in California.

The hearing is …

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