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1. By boftx

   Feb. 10, 2012

   1:15 p.m.

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   They plan to launch in the second quarter of this year and expect online gaming to be legal before then? That is pretty optimistic in my opinion.

2. By improveLV

   Feb. 10, 2012

   2:08 p.m.

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   boftx, I'm guessing that the "free-play" portion of the story means it's a virtual currency game, so there's no legislation required.

3. By boftx

   Feb. 10, 2012

   2:23 p.m.

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   improveLV, I understand that part of it, but it is the statement that they expect to see legalized online gaming for real money by the time they launch that I think is unrealistic.

   From the story: "The hotel also said it expects the U.S. to legalize online gaming before the site goes live."

   There are no barriers to play money gaming now. So that statement can only refer to real money games.

4. By improveLV

   Feb. 10, 2012

   3:04 p.m.

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   Oh, sorry about that boftx. I literally just read the one sentence description on here (I'm just another person that didn't take the 2 minutes to read up on an issue before commenting).

   Yeah, that's pretty optimistic/unrealistic, especially in this divisive political environment.