"The genie is out of the bottle in terms of online gambling. There is a great need for regulation," Assemblyman William Horne, D-Las Vegas, and sponsor of Assembly Bill 258, told the committee during a hearing in Carson City. "Nobody is going to do it better than Nevada."
The bill authorizes the Nevada Gaming Commission to adopt regulations and to grant licenses to casinos to be ready to offer online poker if Congress passes an Internet gambling bill or if the U.S. Department of Justice says online gaming is allowed under federal law.