More support for online poker bill

22.12.2007

Florida Congressman Robert Wexler's attempt to legalise poker in the United States received a pre-Christmas fillip this week when New Jersey Representative Robert E. Andrews signed up as the proposal's 21st co-sponsor.

MORE SUPPORT FOR ONLINE POKER BILL

New Jersey Congressman signs as co-sponsor of Wexler bill

Florida Congressman Robert Wexler's attempt to legalise poker in the United States received a pre-Christmas fillip this week when New Jersey Representative Robert E. Andrews signed up as the proposal's 21st co-sponsor.

Wexler's HR 2610 Skill Games Exemption bill has been steadily gaining support, perhaps overshadowed to some extent by the more wide-ranging Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement bill proposed by Congressman Barney Frank, which seeks to license and regulate online gambling generally in the United States (see previous InfoPowa reports)

HR2610 seeks to add poker to the list of exemptions to the UIGEA.

Representative Andrews is a seasoned politician currently serving his tenth Congressional term, with experience on committees such as Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness and Education and Labour, where he is currently chairman. The representative is also a member of the House Armed Services committee and subcommittees on Oversight and Investigations, Terrorism and Unconventional Threats and the Budget Committee.