Tuesday, April 20, 2010

UIGEA, Online Poker and the Gaming Industry

The sands are shifting in the landscape that is online poker. There are movements afoot to further limit players ability to move around cash among the online poker sites, but there are also movements on the legalization fronts. It is shaping up to be an epic battle and hopefully the "good guys win". Just think of the tax dollars from online poker that could be used to solve some of our other current fiscal problems.

Here is a great article by Bill Rini that chronicles some of the players moves in this ongoing saga.

And here is a story about California which is looking into legalizing online poker.

More on California's efforts.

And also this one, Americans Favor Legalizing Online Poker.