The bill which he spent years lobbying for would have banned online poker and gambling at the federal level. And none of those states appear to be on the cusp of passing legislation.Īdelson promoted the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA) nearly a decade ago. Michigan, which legalized online poker in 2020, is expected to launch its regulated sites sometime this year, most likely in the spring.īut there are still 45 states left to go before the entire country is playing legal internet poker. He is one of the biggest reasons for the lack of online poker options in the U.S.Īt present, only four states - Delaware, Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania - have legal poker sites in operation. That is because he fought for years to have online poker banned at the federal level. Sheldon Adelson has long been an enemy to the poker world. What did Adelson do to anger the poker community? May his death be a sign of better things to come for both communities,” Selbst posted on Twitter. “The best thing I can say about Sheldon Adelson was that he was such a POS that he unified the two disparate circles in my life–progressive liberals and poker players (in our immense amount of hatred for him). May his death be a sign of better things to come for both communities.- Vanessa Selbst 🏳️‍🌈 January 12, 2021

The best thing I can say about Sheldon Adelson was that he was such a POS that he unified the two disparate circles in my life–progressive liberals and poker players (in our immense amount of hatred for him).

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