Hawaii senator introduces online gambling bill

Hawaii senator, Will Espero, has recently filed bill number SB677, which would legalise online poker in the state. In the minority of states in the US, Hawaii doesn’t have any land-based gambling establishments. However, Espero states that ‘tens of thousands’ of Hawaiians are sending ‘tens of millions’ of dollars out of the state by gambling online illegally via unregulated offshore sites. The new bill would also establish the Hawaii I...