US Poker Players Still Have Online Options
As the dust settles after the anti-internet gambling bill has been passed, American players are finding they can still play at certain sites.
New York, NY, October 26, 2006 --(PR.com)-- It's been two weeks since Bush signed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Bill into law and the repurcussions have been far-reaching. The major poker operators, Party and Poker Room have both stopped accepting US players, as have many other smaller sites.
All is not completly lost however, as a few sites are still accepting US players through various loopholes. These rooms are seeing great increases in the number of players and it seems that the bill has galvanised, rather than stifled these rooms. It remains to see whether this will be the long term future for these sites.
Protests are starting all over the Internet as well as offline, and Republicans might see it affect the votes in the forthcoming Congress elections.
One protest site, http://unitedstatesofpoker.blogspot.com has a link to the most organised protest and has also added a list of sites which still accept US players.
Owner of the site, Joey Deacon, thinks that this ban will only be a temporary one, as it is both highly unpopular, and legally a bit vague. He says, "Poker is a game of skill, as much luck, and hopefully it will be recognised as such soon. With the amount of high profile tournaments, all shown on recognised Sports channels, Poker is a sport, or skill game, so it should not be included in this gambling ban."
With distaste of the bill growing, as many Americans have one of their pastimes snatched away, surely it will only be a matter of time before the decision is reversed.
In the meantime of course, The website above has details of the best places for Americans to play legally.
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All is not completly lost however, as a few sites are still accepting US players through various loopholes. These rooms are seeing great increases in the number of players and it seems that the bill has galvanised, rather than stifled these rooms. It remains to see whether this will be the long term future for these sites.
Protests are starting all over the Internet as well as offline, and Republicans might see it affect the votes in the forthcoming Congress elections.
One protest site, http://unitedstatesofpoker.blogspot.com has a link to the most organised protest and has also added a list of sites which still accept US players.
Owner of the site, Joey Deacon, thinks that this ban will only be a temporary one, as it is both highly unpopular, and legally a bit vague. He says, "Poker is a game of skill, as much luck, and hopefully it will be recognised as such soon. With the amount of high profile tournaments, all shown on recognised Sports channels, Poker is a sport, or skill game, so it should not be included in this gambling ban."
With distaste of the bill growing, as many Americans have one of their pastimes snatched away, surely it will only be a matter of time before the decision is reversed.
In the meantime of course, The website above has details of the best places for Americans to play legally.
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