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Originally Posted by kiltman
became law last nite the 18th at midnite. It seems to have passed by a large majority only 9 votes against.
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In Washington, it was unanimous. It was also slipped in and happened very quickly.
Yet, people still play poker and the horses online. It's my understanding that poker is considered illegal because the sites themselves are illegal--offshore, crossing state lines, etc. Horse racing is legal so that's still OK.
So I don't know what effect it really had other than to make a stand or scare people. In Arizona, from my understanding, the ADWs were forced to give notice to Arizona customers that they would no longer be taking their business. This hasn't happened in Washington State.
It appears that in Arizona they were pressured by the OTBs and race tracks to change the law. That hasn't happened in Washington.
One suggestion I could make is to establish a PO or UPS box in a neighboring state and use that as your "legal" residence as far as the ADWs are concerned. No one knows exactly where you are when you're using your computer--and even if they did it shouldn't matter.