North Dakota Senate Kills Online Poker Referendum on 47-0 Vote
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The North Dakota State Senate has unanimously voted down an opportunity to allow the state’s voters to decide via referendum whether the state should add legalized online poker to its short list of approved gambling activities. On Tuesday, by a 47-0 count, as reported by the Grand Forks Herald, the state’s Senate rejected House Concurrent Resolution No. 3012, which would have placed the legalization of online poker on North Dakota’s 2022 general ballot.
North Dakota Rep. Jim Kasper would love to play legalized online poker on his laptop, but after his state’s Senate killed his referendum measure, that won’t happen any time soon. (Image: YouTube)
State Rep. Jim Kasper has anything to say about it,
North Dakota will be added to the list.
Earlier this month, Kasper, a Republican who has represented District 46 (Fargo) since 2001, has introduced
House Concurrent Resolution 3012, which seeks to put a measure on the 2022 general election ballot to ask residents whether or not they want to permit online poker. The measure has already shown bi-partisan support in the House.
âThe country is just going more and more into gaming online,â Kasper said a week after introducing his bill. âLetâs not leave North Dakota as one of the few states that doesnât allow it.â