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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Updated: Mar. 24, 2011 | 8:58 p.m.
Wynn Resorts Ltd. announced a partnership with PokerStars to operate an a U.S.-based online poker website should federal legislation allowing Internet gambling be passed.
In a statement released late Thursday by Wynn Resorts, Wynn officials said the companies will work to secure passage of federal Internet gaming legislation. Wynn operates casinos in Las Vegas and Macau and PokerStars, which based in Isle of Man, is estimated to control almost 50 percent of the online poker market.
Once legislation is approved, the companies would seek a gaming license to jointly run U.S.-based and regulated poker site under the name PokerStarsWynn.com.
Wynn Resorts Chairman Steve Wynn said he is now convinced Internet gaming is taking place in the U.S. and it's time to legalize the activity.
"As a company that has safely conducted gaming in the US for more than 40 years, we believe that the same can be done for poker on the Internet," Wynn said. "Additionally, it is time that the thousands of jobs created by this business and the potentially significant tax dollars come home to the U.S."
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this will never pass
WELL IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM THEN PARTNER UP WITH THEM!!! THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT TWO VEGAS GAMING GIANTS WYNN AND HARRAHS/CAESARS HAVE DONE IN THE ONLINE POKER INTERNET GAMING BUSINESS.
OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE ALLOWED INTERNET POKER AND TABLEGAMES TO BE PLAYED BY COMPUTER AND SMARTPHONES FOR MANY YEARS NOW.
PRESENTLY IN NEVADA AWI/BETM/LEROYS IS THE ONLY COMPANY APPROVED FOR SMARTPHONE BETTING FOR SPORTS BOOK OPERATION USING THE LEROYS APP.
I GUESS THE BIG CASINOS KNOW THAT SOMEDAY EUROPEAN INTERNET AND SMARTPHONE WAGERING WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE USA IN THE 21.ST CENTURY !!!
ever notice right winger wynn looks more and more like a greedy loser?
Another words
right winger,greedy going blind loser wynn wants to make money too
go figure