Its a given the majority of states want to legalize poker for the tax money, I can't think of 1 states that is not running a deficit so they do need the money. However, having only state run online poker is telling the rest of the world to F-Off.

This is why the Poker Players Alliance want a federal bill to online poker, then intra-state regulations, to allow everyone to play poker together. Individual states have tried segregation before with other things, it never works out in the end.