Online Gambling in Florida?

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OPPAGA (Florida's Legislative Office of Program Policy & Government Analysis) will present their review of online gaming to the Senate Regulated Industries Committee next Tuesday, January 19th @ 4:00 PM.

Florida is one of a handful of US states considering legalizing online gambling, including poker, as a means of boosting their local economies.

States will also look to become more competitive by offering gambling to their residence.

Most recently, the state of Pennsylvania legalized poker in its casinos as a way of competing with neighboring New Jersey and its gambling Mecca of Atlantic City.

Gambling911.com Staff

 

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