Nevada Gaming Policy Committee Meets on Online Poker

Michael Jones : March 29th, 2012

The Nevada Gaming Policy Committee, which hadn?t been convened in nearly three decades, met on Wednesday to discuss the topic of online poker regulation.

The GPC, headed by the state?s governor (currently Gov. Brian Sandoval) last met in 1984, according to the committee website. But with the state in the process of issuing licenses for online poker, the group decided to meet this week. The GPC is an advisory panel that makes recommendations to the Nevada Gaming Commission or the State Gaming Control Board.

The most interesting news from the meeting in Las Vegas was the information about the timeline for licenses to be approved. According to an article by Howard Stutz in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

So far, more than two dozen casino operators and gaming equipment manufacturers have applied for Interactive gaming licenses. (Gaming Control Board Chairman Mark) Lipparelli said state regulators could conduct public hearings on the first licenses in May or June.

However, websites catering to in-state poker players can?t go live until the technology is approved.

?We have not seen any systems submitted yet for approval,? Lipparelli said.

You can read Stutz?s entire story here.

The meeting was mostly informational in nature, according to Stutz?s report, with the committee and those in attendance talking about where things stand on online poker regulation. A copy of a GPC ?resource binder? for the meeting can be found on the committee website here.

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Source: http://www.parttimepoker.com/nevada-gaming-policy-committee-meets-on-online-poker

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