Hawaii drops gaming proposals
The proposals, which were passed by the Economic Revitalization & Business Committee and the Judiciary Committee last month, would have redefined poker as a game of skill rather than chance and allowed games of hold'em and Omaha poker.
The state would then have charged online poker companies to locate their servers in Hawaii. The bill didn't get a hearing in the House Finance Committee though.
Rep. Angus McKelvey, D-Olowalu-Kapalua, chairman for the House Economic Revitalization & Business Committee told the Associated Press, 'For the silent working majority of Hawaii, this offered revenue to the state without the social ills of other types of gaming, and it was a way to avoid nasty tax increases.'
Hawaii and Utah are the only two states of the union that do not allow any form of legalised gambling.
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