Uigea And Online Poker

[mal054 0]

I'm trying to understand where the UIGEA puts US players in terms of online poker. I recently joined the poker players alliance and am trying to keep up, but for me seems like I have a lot more questions than I do answers.I'm grasping the fact that there are 4 Acts we are trying to pass/amend. HR 2046, HR 2610, HR 2140 and HR 2607. My question here is whats happening with them? They went to congress last year so when do they review what they learned, and do they? Is it illegal to play online poker if you live in the US? I was also reading about Deval Patrick trying to get 3 casino's in Mass while banning Mass. residents from playing online poker. So if he's trying to ban it from his state then what exactly did the UIGEA do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[PillyPill 0]

I'm trying to understand where the UIGEA puts US players in terms of online poker. I recently joined the poker players alliance and am trying to keep up, but for me seems like I have a lot more questions than I do answers.I'm grasping the fact that there are 4 Acts we are trying to pass/amend. HR 2046, HR 2610, HR 2140 and HR 2607. My question here is whats happening with them? They went to congress last year so when do they review what they learned, and do they? Is it illegal to play online poker if you live in the US? I was also reading about Deval Patrick trying to get 3 casino's in Mass while banning Mass. residents from playing online poker. So if he's trying to ban it from his state then what exactly did the UIGEA do? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

It is a law that is entirely unenforceable, and thus is like most political things...a complete waste of time. As far as I understand it, if your bank and/or credit card approves a payment to a site, then you should be okay. The law is to ban banks from making the transactions, not you. I am guessing this will be repealed soon, but who knows. I am a Conservative, and am embarassed how this whole thing went through. And even though I hate taxes, taxing online poker makes way too much sense.