Mississippi-House-Gaming-Committee-090414Debates go on

Mississippi set for another discussion about tentative introduction of online gaming, with assistance contributed by a task force.

The special task force is given a job of researching how mobile betting and other forms of internet gambling may affect the Southern state as a whole. Officials from Mississippi want to know how and to what degree online gambling will benefit them.

Previously, there have been three prior attempts to legalize internet betting in the state, but in the end all efforts were futile.

Most recently, the bill was rejected at the beginning of the year. However, now officials are pressing for a fourth time, and believe that it might work once the new findings are presented to the Committee at the end of 2014.

Chairman of the Mississippi House Gaming Committee, Richard Bennett, is against the legalization of mobile casinos, but nevertheless insists for a comprehensive study to be carried out.

Previous studies did not encompass all relevant points, and he is hoping the new task force will come up with new and worthwhile findings.

Experienced and skilled task force team

Larry Gregory, director of Mississippi Gaming and Hospitality Association, and Dorothy Loggins, board member with the Mississippi Council on Problem and Compulsive Gambling, have been selected to join the task force team.

Additionally, Craig Orgeron and Catherine Price, director of the state Department of Information Technology Services and professor in the Casino, Hospitality, Tourism Management Department at the University of Southern Mississippi respectively, will also help the research group.

Many others will also form part of the team, as they all push forward to legalize online gambling.