The news that 18 Massachusetts politicians had attempted to legalise online poker by adding an amendment to the state budget bill last week sparked hope that the US state could become the fourth to legalise some form of internet gambling, but those hopes have now been dashed.
After initial reports that the amendment had been left intact when the budget bill was voted forward (see previous reports) it transpired Wednesday that in fact the internet poker legalisation proposal had been removed from the bill prior to the vote.
More detail on this story as it becomes available.