FullTilt, Stars and UB . . .
Probably have little to fear from the poison pill inserted into HR 2267 unless a modern version of Kenesaw Mountain Landis is recruited by the Treasury Department. To paraphrase, "Judge Landis ain't walking through that door." Consider that for this poison pill to work, someone has to prove that illegal gambling has taken place. To date, court law is on the side of the sites in question.
Here is how licensing is likely to happen: The gaming board says, "We have some concerns about your past operations." The exhalation of attorneys (or whatever the collective form might be) will reply, "We understand. What changes do we have to make to become compliant." For practical examples of this process, see the oil industry.
There is a worst case scenario, based on the Las Vegas model: The presumed scofflaws are forced to sell to new cleaner owners at a tasty profit.
BTW, regarding Dan's needing a license to run his game: Any DJ can tell you that one generally has to take an FCC test to become a radio operator, which has nothing to do with licensing of the stations. The two situations are directly comparable.
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