State SenatorJohn Bonacic(R-Mt. Hope, pictured) recently created a buzz in the online poker community when he introduced a bill that would legalize the industry in the state of New York. But almost as soon as he unveiled the legislation, Bonacic made it clear that he didn’t expect the bill to pass anytime soon.

New Yorkcould soon be hopping into the online poker scene, as a bill to legalize and regulate the game was introduced in the state’s Senate in recent days. It’s numbered S 6913 and allows “Omaha Hold’em and Texas Hold’em poker as well as any other poker game that the Commission determines is the material equivalent […]