Games Of Skill Act Could Legalize Nebraska Online Poker

Nebraska online poker is set to regulated if the new “Games Of Skill” Act passes through the state legislature. The Act would legalize certain games of skill such as sports betting, daily fantasy sports, and poker.

The “maybe” of online poker is due to the bill not specifically mentioning the internet at all. But the office for the bill’s sponsor said the intention is to include online gaming. The bill doesn’t categorize all poker games as games of skill, but does define skill-based games as “draw poker” games like five-card draw and “community card” games like Texas Hold’em and Omaha. The language seems to exclude stud games, however, which are plainly skill-based but do not fall cleanly into either category.

There doesn’t appear to be any limitation on how many operators the state could allow. You can read more about Nebraska online poker, sports betting and fantasy sports at Online Poker Report.