If nothing else, you’ve got to commend New York State Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow for his persistence. On Tuesday, Pretlow introduced a bill that would legalize online poker something, he has tried nearly every year for about a decade.
Pretlow’s tactic is to classify poker as a game of skill, therefore making it legal. Bill A01380 specifically names Texas Hold’em and Omaha Hold’em, but does add “as well as any other poker game that the commission determines is the material equivalent of either of those, whether in a cash game or tournament,” so really, all forms of online poker are covered.
