{"id":8788,"date":"2024-04-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/maine-online-casino-bill-refuses-to-die-now-in-senate-hands\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T00:00:00","slug":"maine-online-casino-bill-refuses-to-die-now-in-senate-hands","status":"publish","type":"america","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/america\/maine-online-casino-bill-refuses-to-die-now-in-senate-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine online casino bill refuses to die, now in Senate hands."},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">If pieces of legislation had a measurable pulse, a bill to give tribal authorities within Maine exclusive control over online casino play in the state might be showing a faint signal right now. That proposal is effectively in need of some emergency intervention at this time.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">On Tuesday, the Maine House of Representatives narrowly communicated a negative sentiment on the bill. While the Maine Senate has an opportunity to keep the bill alive, it might be prolonging the inevitable.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>Maine online casino bill meets fate in State House<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">While there was optimism around the proposal to legalize online casino play in Maine under the auspices of tribal gaming authorities earlier this week, that took a turn. On April 9, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>LD1777<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playusa.com\/house-vote-bill-maine-online-casino\/#f45de3d6-5b1a-4d64-b2ef-e96b463ea8bd\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><sup><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">1<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong> failed in the Maine House by three votes<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">, 71-74.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/assets\/international\/maine-online-casino-bill-refuses-to-die-now-in-senate-hands2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" name=\"Imagen 1\" align=\"bottom\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&ldquo;<span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The hope is the Senate will pass and we will recede and concur. Now, folks are on the record and folks can try to flip their votes.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The bill&rsquo;s sponsor, Maine Rep. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>Laura D. Supica, told Randy Billings of the Portland Press Herald<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playusa.com\/house-vote-bill-maine-online-casino\/#1432ff81-8e90-4098-a1df-f1539c38b06c\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><sup><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><em>2<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><em> that &ldquo;much of the concern comes from the fact that it is exclusively for the tribes.&rdquo; <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Billings also reported that other members of the state House would like to see online casino licenses available for the state&rsquo;s commercial brick-and-mortar casino operators, supporting Supica&rsquo;s assessment.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">It&rsquo;s a unique wrinkle in Maine&rsquo;s legislative process that is giving LD1777 one last chance to progress.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Maine legislative staff have estimated<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.playusa.com\/house-vote-bill-maine-online-casino\/#738d0f82-0ce8-4afb-b46c-19b7e98d498d\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><sup><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">4<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> that in its first full fiscal year, Maine would reap over $4.6 million in tax revenue off online casino play under the tenets of LD1777. There has been some concern that the bill&rsquo;s 16% tax rate for such gaming is too low. That could be something that a last-minute amendment this week or a new bill in 2025 might address.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">For her part, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><strong>Supica proposes that the new gaming could produce $100 million for the state<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> over the next five years. Among the state services LD1777 earmarks tax revenue for are the Gambling Addiction Prevention and Treatment Fund in addition to the Emergency Housing Relief Fund.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Rep. Laura D. 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