Fate of Online Poker in the U.S. Still in Question
As the Governor of Kentucky persists in his relentless battle to seize 141 online poker domain names in order to squelch access for its residents, industry analysts are in intense debates as to the future of online poker.
Canada’s Kahnawake Gaming Commission, one of the largest in internet poker boasting sites such as Bodog, Crazy Poker, Everest Poker, Noble Poker, Poker.com, Titan Poker, and more issued a statement railing against Gov. Steve Beshear’s actions.
This following the siezure of one of the game’s most popular online poker rooms, Doyle’s Room, the internet poker site of the Godfather of Poker, Doyle Brunson. The fate of this and other poker sites large and small could be decided as soon as October 15.
The 1 million-plus members of the Poker Player’s Alliance, meanwhile, are avidly seeking legislation (such as S. 3616, introduced byby Senator Robert Menendez) to regulate internet gambling in the United States so that all 141 of these sites may be permitted to continue to exist, and serve poker players all over the world, including the U.S. The Senator asserts that such a move, which would include taxing these sites, could help the US government open the floodgates on a whole new source of revenue.
Sounds like legal online poker in the U.S. is good for everyone! (Everyone, that is, but the contentious Kentucky governor.)