These US States

[blf2much]

Within the United States, cash games cannot be played in certain states. These states include Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee and Vermont.

Why is this?? I know there are plenty of live gambling spots in many of these states, so whats with the ban?

[wondering]

I don't know but I don't live there so thank goodness for that! That's interesting how many Southern states are against it.

[MasterMind]

I must agree, and just yesterday night I got an email from a couple of casinos located in Prescott, Arizona, inviting me for a visit or playing online their slot and poker machines.

[kelkat]

The south is the bible belt and is still feeling the effect of that in lots of it's laws (a lot of areas still have the blue law where no alcohol can be sold on sundays). Other than the lottery, most of the south doesn't allow gambling at all. That's why there are casino boats. The gambling doesn't actually occur on land, so it doesn't really count!

[wondering]

Well, it's a good excuse for them to travel. See the world, go to a reservation, find a casino... come on South, when are you gonna get on board?

[CardChick]

Not that it matters for this discussion, but blue laws don't prohibit only the sale of alcohol; it's much more broad than that. I'm from TX, and when I was growing up you couldn't buy much of anything on Sunday except food. That has changed for the most part, but you still can't buy hard liquor (however, you can't buy hard liquor after 9 pm either, regardless of the day of the week).

More to the point, I don't necessarily think gambling laws follow a particular region. Yes, the South tends to be socially more conservative, but look at the states mentioned above which have restrictions - Connecticut, Arizona, Illinois, Delaware, Maryland.....

It's just what what agenda the local politicians have at the time.