The 2016 iGaming North America Conference took place this week, and one of the panels on Tuesday, called "Emerging Jurisdictions," involved New York State Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow and Illinois State Representative Michael J. Zalewski. The two provided insight into the legislation progress of both online poker and daily fantasy sports (DFS) in their respective states, with Pretlow much more confident in DFS legislation moving forward than he was with online poker.
"As far as online poker is going, we're moving ahead very slowly and cautiously," said Pretlow to begin, citing "constitutional issues," although he did say that he believed he'll be able to get around those issues.