For those of you that didn't know, on-line gaming (gambling) was made illegal in the US not long ago when the law was slipped into some off-topic legislation by Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and his counterpart Rick Boucher (D-VA). By the way, don't vote for them. I have since quit playing on-line even though some poker rooms still accept US money. I'm posting now because of a new development.
The European Union wants upwards of 100 billion dollars compensation for violating international trade acts by the illegalization of on-line gaming. Makes sense for them since most on-line poker rooms are in Europe or otherwise abroad. I say good for them.
What the US should do to make it right is to free us from this prohibition and let Las Vegas open up on-line poker rooms of their own. Hell, tax it it you have to. When you European Union gives you lemons, make lemonade.
That is all.
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The right to play poker, Americas favorite card game, is at a divergence, a crossroads. Please, speak up now*.
--75% of the US public thinks the ban on internet poker is wrong!
--Millions of non-poker players who support liberty and freedom do not want poker to be taken away.
--I think we have the right to go home from work and play a home game or play online.
--This boils down to how we can spend our hard earned money in our own home.
--Poker has been played in the US for so long it is a tradition, a pastime, a dream.
--I grew up playing games like Candy Land, go fish, old maid, Monopoly, horseshoes, spades, gin rummy. I played in softball, tennis, pool, & backgammon tournaments. I played poker in high school, and then, bridge & euchre at Indiana State University. Why should I not continue to play these games. [They have tournaments where you put up money for most of these games.]
--Why should poker, a game of skill not a game of chance, be swept into the category with games of chance?
--Millions of people are having so much fun playing poker.
--Home, charity, and bar games are a healthy social happenings.
--Many famous US Presidents and heads of industries played poker.
--Many politicians and the police play poker.
--Why should poker be pushed underground?
--If the US feds and states taxes poker we would make a billion dollar A YEAR!
--If we regulate poker we have the technology to keep minors from playing.
--Why does the internet bill protect horse racing and the lotteries?
I hope our government do not spend too much money arresting people. Can you imagine feds breaking down doors, freezing bank accounts & credit cards, confiscating personal computer, handcuffing and throwing tens of thousands in jail? Well, some senseless raids of home games have started.
The government does not know what to do. Right now just a couple of the politicians* are going 'political on us', trying to take the right to play poker away from us. Many of the politicians seem to be waiting around. I hope to hear us. It seems like the US House is about 30% for, 30% against, and 40% neutral. This will not be just 'political thing' if we speak up.*
If you enjoy your freedom to play poker or if you simply support freedom as a general principle, please write to your senators and representatives today.*
* You can go online to find out about this. Search UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006). Or, to get more info, to speak out, and for a great Underground Home Game documentary film click here -----> https://pokerplayersalliance.org/news/newsandarticles_article.php?DID=308
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