Online Poker Legislation is deprived in United States: Why?

By blogadmin on Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Filled Under: Online Poker, Poker News

We persist to get closer and closer to Legalized and Regulated Online Poker in the United States. I belief that this Legislation is very much required. In fact for non-poker players Legislation has enough of advantages and should be reinforced.

Online Poker Legislation

Online Poker Legislation

Although it continues harder and harder to play Online Poker in the United States, other countries have moved much speedy in passing Legislation. Countries across world are able to enjoy the freedom of playing Poker from the amenities and coziness of their own homes in a regulated and legal market. We don’t have that freedom in the United States. While you can still play Online Poker from the United States, it is far from safe and legal as we all learned on Black Friday. The lists of sites that still acquire United States players extend to get smaller. Few of the Poker sites that are still accepting US players have been forced to block players from particular states because of the state laws that exist there.

With the current Debt Crisis facing the United States, legalizing and regulating Online Poker could bring a much desired new revenue stream. It’s guesstimated that regulating Online Poker could bring in $42 Billion in new revenue to Federal Budget over the course of decade. Probably it may also give states with increased revenue streams. With US citizens still playing Online Poker in regardless of the Department of Justice’s recent clampdowns, rather those revenue streams stay in the United States, rather than a foreign country.

United States are in one of the poor economic extent of time since the great depression. Millions of Americans lost their jobs. The suppression on Online Poker on Black Friday only added to the numerous Americans that are jobless. Thousands of Americans made their living playing Poker professionally. Thousands more Americans were employed by Poker Affiliates, Poker News Sites, Poker Coaching/Training Sites, and web design sites. Many of these players are incompetent to make the same living in the current United States Online Poker climate. The reason being sites still receiving US players have diminutive player pools and they do not offer same high stakes as the sites seized on Black Friday. Legislation is the only way that can give US citizens their jobs back, but it would also bring the offshore Poker Sites onto American soil which would generate chiliad of jobs enclosed with: Customer Service Positions, Marketing jobs, Technology Positions, Computer Programming and Networking Positions, etc.

Online Poker Legislation

Online Poker Legislation

Some may verbal disputes that legalizing Online Poker would open the door for problem Gamblers and minor Gamblers. Literally, the conflicting would happen under government regulation. Recently, we believe on these offshore Poker sites to police problem gamblers and adolescent gamblers. Can we authentically rely that these offshore sites have the great interest of these individuals in mind? Well present offshore sites cannot probably catch all the problem gamblers and minor gamblers even if that was their objective. Excellent federal legislation would set up different detection techniques to check.

United States have eternally been on top if we talk about freedom. Now it’s a day to get back to that and give United States Online Poker players the independence to play in a safe, legal and regulated Poker world. At present there are enormous bills to Legalize and Regulate Online Poker at the state level and there is also a Federal Bill.

Online Poker Cheating Scam

By admin on Tuesday, December 14, 2010
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Filled Under: Online Poker, Poker News

Online Poker Cheating ScamCo-creator of the animated series the longest running in television history (The Simpsons), Sam Simon, claiming a player high-stakes poker has lost more than $ 4 million due to a hidden camera cheating that was secretly installed in his house.

According to Simon, someone broke into the pro’s house and installed the camera unbeknownst to the online pro.
Simon, who also plays poker, has indicated that the pro in question happens to be one of the biggest nosebleed players out there—someone the poker community knows very well, though he never revealed who this player was. He just explained that the said online poker pro was “losing, and losing, and losing.” Then he realized that someone had gained access to his house and installed the camera above his computer.

“He found a camera stuck in his ceiling, looking at the [computer] screen,” says Simon.
Simon has also told the Las Vegas Review Journal that he too had been a victim of cheating scams that involved online poker. For instance, he explains that two players will be sitting together physically while playing online at the same table, ganging up on unsuspecting victims.

After Simon had been victimized by this scam, PokerStars ran an algorithm test proving he had been scammed, and ultimately Simon got his money back. He no longer plays poker online.

Simon also made comments about the proposed bill by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that will legalize online poker in the US. Simon is weary of it and accuses it of being corrupt.

The bill is in effect a ban on sites such as PokerStars and Full Tilt at least one year, allowing only the casino name brands such as MGM and Caesars Palace to run online gaming sites in the United States.