Reuters reported Thursday that a New Hampshire House committee voted in favor of a bill that would allow the state lottery commission to issue a pair of licenses to casino companies.
However, the state’s governor reportedly has reservations about the measure, citing regulatory capabilities and “quality of life” issues with gaming expansion.
New Hampshire Poker Laws. New Hampshire was an aggressive state when it comes to gambling in the early years. The state was the first to legalize a lottery, and pari-mutuel wagering on horse races was legalized even before the lottery was legalized. Massachusetts Online Poker Law. When it comes to online poker legalization, states’ statuses fall into several different categories: did it, trying to do it, in the process of looking at it, and probably never will do it. Thanks to a few elected officials, Massachusetts falls into the “trying to do it” category, and the history of its legislators trying to get online poker done goes.
Nevada-based Millennium Gaming has plans to spend up to $450 million to build a casino at a horse-racing track in the town of Salem, New Hampshire if the law permits.
Michigan Online Poker Legislation
“This bill is a massive giveaway to an out-of-state interest,” said Jim Rubens, chairman of Granite State Coalition Against Expanded Gambling. “This is big new tax on consumer spending that will suck jobs and revenues away from existing businesses and send them to a Las Vegas monopoly.”