Las Vegas casinos are prohibited by the Nevada Gaming Control Board from taking bets on Olympic competition.
Zynga, behind the popular Farmville game, has asked for an "application for a preliminary finding of suitability" from the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
The White House has indicated to Nevada's two senators that Clinton plans to appoint Bill Bible, chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has issued a 30-day licence to allow websites to compete for customers, with UltimatePoker.com the first to go live.
"These companies have a lot to lose if they engage in activity that could be looked at negatively, " warns Dennis Neilander, chairman of Nevada's powerful Gaming Control Board.
"These companies have a lot to lose if they engage in activity that could be looked at negatively, " says Dennis Neilander, chairman of Nevada's powerful Gaming Control Board.
An application with the Nevada Gaming Control Board to determine if Zynga is fit to hold a gambling license had the stock off to the races on Thursday.
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The new appointee, Dean McClain, has already won crucial approvals to sell slots in Nevada, where he told the state's Gaming Control Board that he expects to have 200 employees within two years.
If regulators grant PokerStars a license, "you are essentially trading your credibility away, " said Mark Lipparelli, the former chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, who does consulting for rival gambling companies and others.
Pincus got Zynga to announce yesterday that the company had applied for a preliminary finding of suitability from the Nevada Gaming Control Board to promote the idea that the company might find salvation in online gambling.
"Once it gets down to the real heart of the matter, a processor is a processor, it is only the interface that makes a difference, " said Marc McDermott, chief of the electronic services division of the Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman A.G.
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