North Dakota State Rep. Jim Kasper says his fellow Republicans "just don't get it" when it comes to Internet gambling.
Kasper calls the proposal "ridiculous" by Rep. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) that Frist wants to tack onto a defense bill to ban online gambling to pass in the waning days of the 109th Congress.
"The people of our nation want to do what they want to do in the privacy of their living rooms," Kasper told internetnews.com.
Contrary to the intent of his national party leaders, North Dakota will become a safe harbor for Internet poker players worldwide if Kasper has his way.
Kasper plans to introduce bills in the next session of the North Dakota legislature legalizing Internet poker for online casinos that will bring their software, hardware and employees to North Dakota.
That move has been tried before in the state and passed the House, while being trumped in the Senate. Of course, even if that were to become law in the frozen tundra of North Dakota it doesn't do the rest of us online poker playing Americans any good unless we wanted to move there. Any takers?
