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You might think that the recent veto by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn regarding expanding brick-and-mortar gambling in his state would mean bad things for the future of Internet gambling in the Prairie State. But state Senator Terry Link did not let that decision dissuade him from proposing a bill that would call for statewide legalization of online gambling in Illinois. The bill is titled the Chicago Casino Development Authority Act, but it extends well past the Windy City.

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In late 2011 the United States Department of Justice decided to flip flop an age-old position regarding online gambling. They moved from illegalizing all forms of online gambling in the US to allowing each state to decide its own destiny. That has since resulted in Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware passing legislation legalizing online gambling in some form in those three states. And California, Texas, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Iowa and other states are all currently mulling over the possibility of legalizing online gambling as well.

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You probably know many of the details. Concerning online gambling in the United States, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has always said that is a big no-no. But in the final days of 2012, they sort of changed their opinion. They stated that activities like online lottery sales, online poker and other forms of online gambling not including sports betting probably are not that bad at all, and decided to allow each individual state in the US to decide their online gambling destiny.

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Pennsylvania’s official nickname is The Keystone State for the central role it played in the founding of the United States of America, and the formation of important laws governing the new colonies. But legislation concerning gambling both online and off in Pennsylvania has looked more like something out of an episode of the Keystone Cops in recent years. Fatty Arbuckle and the boys were much more successful in garnering laughs and falling all over themselves in the pursuit of Charlie Chaplin than they were in upholding the law, and many gambling statutes in Pennsylvania have been just as ineffective and without focus.

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First, a quick chronological breakdown of the evolution of online poker and online gambling in the United States the past couple of years. Up until late last year, it was illegal for American-based companies to offer online poker and online casinos to American residents. In December the US Department of Justice reversed their decision regarding online lottery ticket sales and online poker. They dictated that interactive gaming could legally be policed at the individual state level. Since then Nevada and Delaware have both passed a legislative package allowing online poker and online gambling respectively.

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In what many industry analysts saw as one of the best opportunities for a federal online gambling legislation package, the 2012 lame duck session has come and gone in the US. After the ruling by the United States Department of Justice in late 2011 that many forms of online gambling were no longer considered illegal, the door was open for a follow-up announcement of a federal interactive online gaming package. That never occurred, and with the election and fiscal cliff doom and gloom hanging over American’s heads, federal passage of online gaming legislation in the United States was pushed to the back burner.

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