Online Poker Experts offer Predictions of a Tortoise-Like Pace
How the United States government is currently handling online gambling is a hot topic of conversation for poker players as well as congress’ members. Hardly a week goes by without a new proposal or theorized amendment to the current restrictions. Just last week, Representatives Barney Frank (D-Mass) and Ron Paul (R-Texas) introduced a bill that would limit enforcement of the 2006 online gambling ban, and Shelley Berkley (D-Nev) suggested a one year study of internet gambling. But both proposals were just talk, and poker players don’t think it will progress much further than that any time soon.
Jay Lakin, the vice president of Poker Source Online, publicly stated his opinion, saying that anything and everything takes a very long time to get through Congress. Even with a mound of proposals, it could be years until the ban is anywhere near being lifted. At the very least, poker players as well as gamblers will have to wait for the presidential election to end before action can occur, and even then, the next steps will depend on who is elected and who has control of the House. If it’s the wrong party or the wrong group, poker could be doomed for some time to come.
So until that is determined, the only thing online poker players can do is to play it safe. Go to the big sites, keep your dealings legitimate, vote for your benefit and hope that when we move the next round of officials to Washington, they are more than just talk. They’re action, at a hare’s pace.
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