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North Dakota Will Not Legalize
Gambling
Online casinos in
North Dakota are not legal yet as North Dakota’s plea for their
legalization have been turned down. Defeated in the senate, Bill HB 1509
has made promises of online casinos and online pokers disappear. The
Bill came with a lot of controversy as North Dakota citizens and
legislators thought that this state was not ready for the legalization
of online casinos.
Scared by what it could mean for its citizens, but infatuated by what it
could do for their economy, a Senate representative decided to take the
Bill to the senate, to test its fate. With only four votes to back it
up, Bill HB1509 has been dismissed. Online casinos have been looking for
certain states to legalize the industry, and North Dakota was definitely
at the top of their list. Bill HB1509 was represented by Representative
Jim Kasper and supported by Representatives Connie Triplett from D-Grand
Forks as well as John Syverson of R-Fargo. In a vote for online casinos
legalization, four votes were for the Bill to pass but forty-four were
against the Bill and thus, the Bill has fallen.
The controversy lies in some people feeling that making online casinos
illegal interferes with their constitutional freedoms and that there is
no specific law forbidding the use of online casinos within the American
law system. Among other things, the online casinos business enjoys much
revenue and the citizens of North Dakota among other states want a piece
of the wealth.
On the others idea of this argument is the North Dakota residents that
think online casinos are inappropriate or just useless in the scope of
their needs and wants. North Dakota fears that the use of online casinos
may make people gamble money they do not have and they are afraid for
the peaceful state their citizens enjoy. North Dakota has thought about
the issues of online casinos for quite some time and the population
seems to be much divided in where they stand on this important issue.
Senator David Nething of Jamestown states that online casinos are not
something North Dakota would benefit from and therefore there is no need
in pursing the Bill. Online casinos are mostly based out of non North
American countries and legalizing the running of online casinos in the
states would be a different system altogether. People are interested in
legalizing online casinos mostly because of the economic prosperity the
online gaming industry offer for an average state like North Dakota.
Oklahoma has also been said to be investigating into the legal issues.
Arguments have already been made that the decision should be left for
the public vote itself rather than in the hand of senate members. If the
bill was passed it would have gone to the public to decide; as the bill
fell there will not be any significance in a public vote. Sources have
said that other states will follow suit of trying to pass their own
state Bill by representatives that will allow online gaming.
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