Former chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Mark Lipparelli spoke with a popular online poker website over the weekend regarding congress's break until 2014 making it impossible to nail down federal legalization of online poker and intrastate legalization the only option for now.
Lipparelli stepped down after 3 years and went into private practice after taking flack for his role in an important stage of the Nevada legalization process.
Lipparelli indicated that interstate collaboration may be a possibility as soon as 2014 but suggested that the states keep agreement simple to prevent future problems for other states seeking legalization.
"Instead, permissions between states are more likely the way to go," he said.
“There are several markets that are in the process of opening; commercial commitments have been made and licensing events have taken place. The time [for federal lawmakers] to act was during the last 24 months. The complexity associated with unwinding now is probably too great," he said.
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