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    Default Online gaming spotlighted at G2E

    The GPWA has set up shop (booth 6017) at the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas and the largest gaming conference in the world has a major focus on online gambling. The iGaming Congress took place yesterday and the G2E exhibit hall includes several iGaming exhibitors.

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    Internet gaming and the potential for its federally approved legalization and regulation overshadows much of this year's G2E, which runs Tuesday through Thursday at the Sands Expo and Convention Center. The convention, the gaming industry's largest annual meeting and trade show, is closed to the general public.

    On Sept. 20, the American Gaming Association, the industry's Washington D.C.-based lobbying arm, called on the federal government to legalize and regulate Internet poker as a way of protecting American consumers.

    Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., the president of the American Gaming Association, which produces G2E with Reed Expositions, said the show is giving Internet gaming, particularly Internet poker, a large platform. More than half of the space in European gaming trade shows is now dedicated to Internet gambling, he said.

    "It's growing and you get the sense there is a large amount of interest out there," said Fahrenkopf, whose organization had opposed Internet gaming until last year, when it took a neutral stance on Internet poker. The American Gaming Association released a report at the time saying that the group believes there's sufficient technology to properly regulate the activity.

    "It's become a grass-roots education process," Fahrenkopf said of the association's lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill. "There are over 100 new members of Congress. Many times, it's not just educating someone on Internet gaming, but gaming in general."

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    I was glad to see such a focus on online gaming at G2E. It was interesting attending the sessions, half the participants feel the legislation will be federal and the other half feel its a states issue. I personally think the states will take the lead. The feds have two speeds, slow and stop and are usually stuck on stop. Regulated online gaming in America will happen, but IMO is still a few years away.
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