Georgia still doesn’t have any online poker legislation in place. However, changes have been discussed but there probably won’t be movement for a couple of years.
Type/Code | Summary |
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State Code Section(s) | 16.12.2 |
Definition of Gambling | Gambling: A person commits the offense of gambling when he makes a bet upon the partial or final result of any game or contest or upon the performance of any participant in such game or contest; makes a bet upon the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election or upon the degree of success of any nominee, appointee, or candidate; or plays and bets for money or other thing of value at any game played with cards, dice, or balls. |
Definition of Bet | Bet: An agreement that, dependent upon chance even though accompanied by some skill, one stands to win or lose something of value. |
Online Poker/Gambling | With no legal casinos in the state, there has been no interest in attempting to legalize online poker or casino games. |
Live Poker | There are no live poker rooms in Georgia due to the ban on casinos. |
Casinos | The state of Georgia passed a law to ban casinos before the federal IGRA law gave Indian tribes the right to offer casino games on their reservations, so no gaming compacts were ever written. |
Sports Betting | No sports betting proposals have been introduced to Georgia lawmakers. |
DFS | A House bill to legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports was introduced in 2018 but did not pass. |
Other Forms of Gambling | Lottery, bingo, charity raffles. |