Is Online Poker Legal?
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- Why Supporters of the UIGEA Are Full Of It
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I recently posted an letter that Focus on the Family sent out to members. Unfortunately it was so full of complete crap that in an attempt to replay to each and every issue I was not very thorough in [...]
- Radley Balko’s testimony before Congress
Thanks to Wil for pointing this out. Radley Balko made an excellent presentation to Congress regarding online gambling. Below are some of my favorite quotes.
No one is hurt when two or more consenting adults sit down for a game of poker, be it online or in person. Why any of this should be [...]
- Reporting on the UIGEA
I saw this on The Onion and thought how it could have been written back in Sept when Congress passed the UIGEA.
Congress Passes Seriously Uncool Legislation
WASHINGTON, DC—In a total buzzkill, the Senate on Friday passed some seriously lame legislation by a vote of 89-7, one week after the House was a complete tool and approved [...]
- Someone More Negative Than Me
I know many of you never thought you would see the day when I’m the optimist regarding the legality of online gaming so get ready for a shocker. Last week I wrote a post about how I believed the 888 and Party discussions with the USAO to be a positive thing for the long-term [...]
- Meet Thy Enemy
Someone on 2+2 posted a link to the website for Focus on the Family who is actively campaigning against Barney Frank’s bill. Their passion and zeal should be frightening for all online poker players.
Internet Gambling Take Action
3-29-2007
by Chad Hills
In 2005, U.S. citizens illegally exported $6 billion dollars to unknown, unaccountable foreign online [...]
- Better Know A Congressman: Robert Wexler
Today Rep Robert Wexler from FL is supposed to put forth a bill offering a UIGEA carve out for games of skill such as poker. So who is Robert Wexler?
The only two things I know about the guy are:
a) His interview with Steven Colbert on the Colbert Report. Wexler was running [...]
- Neteller, Party and 888 - Let’s Make A Deal!
Some folks have been asking me to give my take on the most recent announcements to come out of the online gaming world. Okay, so here we go.
Neteller: It’s been announced that Neteller has struck a deal to give people their money back. Woohoo! As Drizz recently commented, I’m the blogging [...]
- Sen. Jon Kyl Doesn’t Just Hate Online Poker
Our dear friend Sen. Jon Kyl who was kind enough to protect us from ourselves by driving through the UIGEA now wants to protect US citizens from another evil; information. Despite the fact that the Open Government Act has wide public and bi-partisan support Kyl has used an obscure Senate rule to block a [...]
- An Answer to My Critics
Recently a few people have come out shooting at my previous post about the state of the state of online poker. The point both Dragonystic and It’s Always an Off Deuce dispute is whether or not the online poker market is larger or smaller than it was in the past.
Now, before I [...]
- The State of the State of Online Poker
As we begin approaching the six month marker since the Neteller crackdown in January I thought it would be a good idea to take a look back and see how the online poker world has changed.
First off, let’s start with the overall market impact. The cold hard truth is that there are [...]
