Legality of Online Poker: U.S.

So its really confusing trying to understand the legality of online poker in the United States and the states own personal laws. So is online poker specifically Texas Hold'em legal in the United States. Also is it legal in the state of New York, I've read numerous articles and they all seem to be contradicting one another.

Thank You

It is legal in the States, what is illegal is banks funding gambling sites. Some states have their own laws, don't know ablut NY

State Law = Law that only affects the state that issues it
Federal Law = All States are affected by this law.
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poker is legal.

Gambling is not.

Online poker, for money, is illegal(ish) for the poker sites and the bank under federal law.

Online Poker, for players, is a gray area but I don't think its illegal. Under Federal Law.

However because of the good 10th amendment, States can have any law that does not conflict with the Federal government (I'm am really simplifying this down) so a state can choose to make poker illegal in that state. Which is the case in my state, Washington State, where online poker, for money, is a Class C felony.

However, if I were to visit Oregon State, I could play poker with no legal repercussions.

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its been a long time since I've studied this stuff so feel free to correct any mistakes.

Hopefully this year it will be legalized in Vegas and we have our own poker rooms in US, regulated by the government with 100s of auditors. Playing legit US poker will take any doubt away that's its rigged, and I think we will all do much better playing honest poker. Until then, <pause> bad beat. lol

Are u saying poker is rigged against US players? Lol.