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MA Casino Bill H.4307 (pdf) contains the following:

H.4307
Section 15(h)(2)(i)

(i) Placing, sending, transmitting, relaying wagers to another person prohibited under certain circumstances; penalties.
Any person who knowingly transmits or receives a wager of any type by any telecommunication device, including telephone, cellular phone, Internet, local area network, including wireless local networks, or any other similar device or equipment or other medium of communication, or knowingly installs or maintains said device or equipment for the transmission or receipt of wagering information shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years, or a fine of not more than $25,000, or both.

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Selected Coverage of the MA Casino Bill

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blog:
Deval Backs Off Criminalizing Online Poker: Throws the Ball to Coakley (Charles Nesson, 03/19/08)

video:
No Dice: Committee Rejects Casino Plan (WCVB-TV, 03/19/08)

Massachusetts Politicians To Vote On Casino Plan (WBZ-TV, 03/19/08)

Crowd Packs Casino Hearing (WBZ-TV, 03/19/08)

Committee to Resume Casino Gambling Debate (WBZ-TV, 03/18/08)

audio:
Analysis: Casino Politics (WBUR, 03/19/08)

Marathon Hearing on Casinos (WBUR, 03/19/08)

WBZ Afternoon Headlines (WBZ NewsRadio 1030, 03/18/08)

articles:
Despite bill’s defeat, governor continues study on casinos (Boston Globe, 03/25/08)

House begins debate on casino bill (Boston Globe, 03/20/08)

Committee urges lawmakers to reject casino proposal (Boston Globe, 03/19/08)

Vote On Mass. Casino Plan Could Come This Week (WBZ-TV, 03/19/08)

Patrick fights odds on casinos (Boston Globe, 03/19/08)

Rally Slams Mass. Online Gambling Ban (Online-Casinos.com, 03/19/08)

Lively debate on Beacon Hill as lawmakers debate casinos (Assoicated Press, 03/19/08)

HLS Group To Protest Bill (Harvard Crimson, 03/19/08)

Dozens Show in Boston to Protest Gambling Bill (CardPlayer, 03/18/08)

Organizations stage pro-poker rally (PokerListings, 03/18/08)

Patrick urges lawmakers to resist pressure, consider casinos (Boston Globe, 03/18/08)

Gov. urges debate on doomed casino bill (Boston Herald, 03/18/08)

Poker is Not a Crime: Poker Players Rally to Fight MA Poker Ban (PPA, 03/18/08)

iMEGA Criticizes Anti-Internet Legislation in Massachusetts (iMEGA, 03/18/08)

DiMasi on casinos: ‘My answer is no’ (Boston Globe, 03/18/08)

Opinion: Online poker section a casino bill mystery (Boston Herald, 03/18/08)

Poker’s hot at Harvard (Boston Herald, 03/18/08)

Harvard Student Group to Rally at Statehouse to Protest Possible Jail Terms for Poker Players (GPSTS, 03/17/08)

PPA and GPSTS to Hold Pro-Poker Rally Tomorrow (CardPlayer, 03/17/08)

UMass gambling prof: Bosley’s figures don’t add up (Boston Herald, 03/17/08)

Bill in Massachusetts Would Criminalize Online Poker (PocketFives, 03/13/08)

Harvard Law Professor Charles Nesson testifies before the Massachusetts Legislature about Internet poker (12/18/07)

Mass. Gov: Don’t Moralize Gambling (Associated Press, 12/18/07)

Frank calls out governor for his ‘contradictory’ Massachusetts casino bill (Casino City Times, 11/21/07)

Internet gambling is a target of Patrick bill (Boston Globe, 11/10/07)

PPA Action Alert to all Mass. Members (PPA, 11/02/07)

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