Caesars Pushes Back Against Nevada Online Poker Bill

The committee also heard from professional poker player Sara Cholhagian Ralston, who drafted the legislation. She proposed an amendment to the bill that tackles privacy and liability issues while eliminating any phrasing that might impede the due process employed by state gaming authorities.

Despite these changes, Caesars continued to push back against the proposal. According to Caesars lobbyist Mike Alonso, the company works with the Gaming Control Board “on a daily basis” and does “everything reasonably possible to keep bad actors off the [online poker] site.”

Ralston told the committee that transparency for Nevada’s poker community and consumer protection were the main goals.

“I’d like to remind this committee that this is for real money. Poker players have a livelihood that they need to maintain. In the online poker world, we don’t have that level of transparency. You don’t know who you’re playing against. They need to have that type of information that’s relevant so a player can decide who to play with and who we don’t want to play with.”

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