{"id":5328,"date":"2023-05-02T10:10:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2023-05-02T10:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:10:33","slug":"rhode-island-considering-bill-to-legalize-online-poker-and-join-msgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/rhode-island-considering-bill-to-legalize-online-poker-and-join-msgia","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island Considering Bill To Legalize Online Poker And Join MSGIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/05\/rhode-island.jpg\" alt=\"Rhode Island\" title=\"Rhode Island Considering Bill To Legalize Online Poker And Join MSGIA \" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/05\/rhode-island.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/05\/rhode-island-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rhode Island is looking at two bills that look to online gaming and online poker  <\/li>\n<li>Providence-based gaming operator Bally\u2019s helped draft both pieces of legislation<\/li>\n<li>The Bills would also allow Rhode Island to take part in a multi-state gaming agreement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/top-10-us-poker-sites\/rhode-island\">Rhode Island<\/a> has become the latest state to consider legalizing online gaming and online poker. <\/p>\n<p>Two identical Bills were submitted in the Senate and the House and they are now up for review respectively at the Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs Committee and the House Finance Committee. Apart from legalizing online gaming, the Bills would also authorize Rhode Island to join a multi-state online poker compact.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"igaming-bills-backed-by-ballys\">iGaming Bills Backed By Bally\u2019s<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webserver.rilegislature.gov\/BillText\/BillText23\/SenateText23\/S0958.pdf\">SB 948<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/webserver.rilin.state.ri.us\/billtext23\/housetext23\/h6348.pdf\">HB 6348<\/a> were respectively put forward by <strong>Senate President Dominik Ruggerio<\/strong> (D-North Providence) and <strong>Rep. Gregory Constantino<\/strong> (D-Lincoln). The two legislators confirmed that Bally\u2019s had a hand in drafting both pieces of legislation. <\/p>\n<p>Bally\u2019s earlier this year announced its intention to push for iGaming legalization in Rhode Island. The company, based in Providence, holds a gambling monopoly in the state, operating two properties \u2013 <strong>Bally\u2019s Tiverton Casino &amp; Hotel<\/strong> and <strong>Bally\u2019s Twin River Lincoln Casino Resort<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The proposals mentioned two companies: <strong>Bally\u2019s<\/strong> (iGaming game vendor) and <strong>IGT Global Solutions Corporation<\/strong> (iGaming platform vendor). The state\u2019s online gaming market would fall under the remit of the Rhode Island Lottery. If the Bills are approved, the state could launch iGaming in January 2024.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"rhode-island-may-join-msiga\">Rhode Island May Join MSIGA<\/h2>\n<p>A notable provision in both Bills is allowing Rhode Island to participate in an interstate online poker agreement. One such deal is currently in effect in the US, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/shared-us-tri-state-online-poker-pool-goes-live-next-month\">Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement<\/a> (MSIGA) which has four members \u2013 <em>Delaware, New Jersey, Nevada and Michigan<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>Under the proposals, Rhode Island would be authorized to enter into an interactive gaming reciprocal agreement with other states that allow online poker shared liquidity. This means players in Rhode Island would be able to compete with those located in other states that are also part of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>A multi-state gaming agreement provides huge benefits for the members as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/top-10-us-poker-sites\">US poker operators<\/a> are allowed to merge their players, resulting in larger player pools. Players also get to compete for much bigger prizes.<\/p>\n<p>If the Bills are signed into law, Rhode Island may join MSIGA, but there\u2019s still a long way to go. Bally\u2019s doesn\u2019t own an online poker platform at the moment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Rhode Island is looking at two bills that look to online gaming and online poker Providence-based gaming operator Bally\u2019s helped draft both pieces of legislation The Bills would also allow Rhode Island to take part in a multi-state gaming agreement Rhode Island has become the latest state to consider legalizing online gaming and online&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1,11],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rhode Island Considering Bill To Legalize Online Poker And Join MSGIA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rhode Island has become the 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