Make Poker Legal Throughout The USA!!

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Why can’t a deal be made between the American government and the poker sites to make it legal everywhere!!!
 
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It would be nice. Maybe eventually, but who knows.
 
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Yes! I can get on board with this.#freepoker
 
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Why can’t a deal be made between the American government and the poker sites to make it legal everywhere!!!

Do you mistakenly think that the USA is some sort of land of the free. You now live in Trumpistan.


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It will bother most players hope for a positive outcome,including I...
 
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Complicated.... We have ACR though :)
 
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In USA gambling is left to individual States to decide if and what they allow. The federal government only enforces the Wire Tap law that was used on Black Friday.
 
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I think more states will, just like more states allow marijuana
 
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I think major strides would have to be made before a state can allow online gambling. The biggest infrastructure that would have to be setup is establishing a regulatory agency that could oversee online companies. It is important to maintain game integrity and make sure people are not being taken advantage of. There are already gambling regulatory agencies in most states, but they are not setup to handle/verify online gambling (at least not on a large scale).

It is even more difficult when an online program would be used across different states/countries because a whole new system of taxation would have to be setup and accepted at a federal and global level.

I believe we are still a ways away from online poker legislation accepted in more than a few states. The best way to get there would be to play more poker at a casino in your state. The more money the casino generates, the more money the regulatory agencies would have. Income for these agencies are necessary to fund the development of the infrastructure needed for online gambling. States that do not generate enough gambling revenue wont have the funds needed to transition to online gambling, while only a few states (like Nevada, New Jersey, maybe Georgia) would have the means.

With the digital age brings a transition from legal and taxable poker to illegal untaxed online poker. This is reducing the revenues these gambling agencies bring in, which just further decreases their ability to fund the development of online oversight.
 
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Do you mistakenly think that the USA is some sort of land of the free. You now live in Trumpistan.


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What does Trump have to do with poker? Your comment is pretty insulting especially since it has nothing to do with the thread's subject. Mind your own sheep mate, don't worry about us, in Australia you are light years away from the American democracy.
 
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The UIGEA started in 2006 so can't blame that on Trump. The government got involved bacause people weren't paying there taxes on the winnings. It's always about Uncle Sam taking part of what you get. Long topic that is never ending. Just leave this here.

"The owners of this country know the truth: It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it." -George Carlin
 
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Why can’t a deal be made between the American government and the poker sites to make it legal everywhere!!!

The simple fact is that the vast majority of people in America don't believe online poker is a good thing and don't want such a deal made
 
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State by state first, then watch the domino effect! Just like weed soon every state but Texas, state full of crazys.
 
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State by state first, then watch the domino effect! Just like weed soon every state but Texas, state full of crazys.

You gotta quit drinking the kool aid


It's simple, but let me break it down for you .....


The fight is Gambling Interests versus Anti-gambling interests; players are irrelevant


There will only be online gambling where online gambling operators want to go.


There are only a few states where online gambling operators see potential; all others will be ignored


"Poker only" no longer exists; the operators are not interested in poker only (no money in it)


This makes poker a secondary cause, not even the primary focus of the operators


Now, sports betting is moving into the fore, relegating poker even further down the priority list


Even the PPA, who switched their focus form poker to full suite gambling already, is keen to get in on the sports betting bandwagon, further eroding the 'voice' of poker players
 
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I know right?!

I remember a decade or two back when it was kosher to play anywhere in the USA online. Then all these weird off shore countries started hosting poker websites and now no one has much faith in them. It would be nice if we had a few American based poker sites where we get the tax collected and it's been checked out for integrity.
 
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I disagree that politics don't have anything to do with this thread but I agree with just throwing the "orange one" name out there like that...LOL....It is nearing. I predict in 2021 there will be huge leaps in regulated online poker for more than half of the country. Just a little hope and basic election cycle. Not to mention whether they like it or not they cannot ignore the amazing amount of tax revenue that is generated. With our current debt....yea, its coming...;)
 
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Is not poker legal in the US? but what about the poker network Winnings?
 
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I will say this.. If the SCOTUS ruling for Sports betting goes through I think you will see a flood of poker sites in the States. Hell NJ is all ready taking license applications for sports betting. We also are seeing the states that do have online poker Merging player pools. This may be the closest we ever get.. I would not be shocked that this time next year many of us are playing online..
 
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Many positions taken by our federal government are complete sophistry.The United States Government is bound by the chains of the Constitution.
This repeatedly SCOTUS affirmed fact seems to be a mere afterthought to those in power and seeking power (mainly attorneys). Or, more likely, a known restriction that some go to great lengths to subvert for their own purposes.
Games of chance or gambling have been regulated at all levels of government for quite some time in America. Games of skill have not. Gambling has chance as the essential element of the game. Think roulette where you have ZERO influence over the outcome.
Chance is an element in poker, but skill dominates the outcome. Is there not a handful of people who , routinely, dominate the game?
The feds needed to cheat and sneak to exert authority over online poker as the wire act is insufficient. So, they snuck in the UIGEA hidden in a Port Authority bill filled with anti-terrorism provisions that no one was going to oppose. Dirty trick.
Online poker will be legalized when enough congress-critters agree that the amount of illegal taxes garnered will offset the moral blowback from portions of their constituency.
 
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time to bring it back

it wasnt too long ago that everything was running fine with online poker. then all of a sudden the fbi shuts down the majority of the sites and any funds with those sites gets lost. That really challenges the integrity for any future plans
 
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And what are the chances that these SCOTUS ruling will be accepted?
 
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i agree. its ridiculous that we can't play online freely. the gov does whats convenient for the gov.
 
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Maybe I'll become a better poker player when they make it legal. ha ha joking
 
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In America it may be, but I live in Russia here with this very tight)
 
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And what are the chances that these SCOTUS ruling will be accepted?
I have followed this very closely because I have a past in working in the sports betting industry. As of this moment I would say it is very likely that it is going to happen... MLB and NBA have been lobbying for it to become legal . They have also been traveling around the country working with states in forming bills. Several bills are going through without much push back.. If there is a favorable ruling the next battle ground will be if the leagues get there 1% that they are asking for. The leagues are very powerful and think they will get something but I don't think it ends up being 1% of action that they are asking for.. Which in theory is about 20% of the total revenue. So you could have a state have a break even to slight winning month and yet will be shipping multiple millions to the leagues when they would get little to nothing that month..
 
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