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For those in the UK channel 4 still have the WSOPE still available to watch, some interesting hands and plays. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/betfair-world-series-of-poker/4od

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Unfortunately that is my only win (so far) during the world cup thanks to Englands

Just thought I would post a quick guide to poker/gambling in the USA for those either from the states and wondering on the legal status.

Legality of Online Poker
On October 13, 2006 President Bush officially signed into law the Safe Port Act, a bill aimed at enhancing security at U.S. Ports. Attached to the Safe Port Act was a provision known as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). According to the UIGEA, “unlawful internet gambling” means to place, receive, or otherwise knowingly transmit a bet or wager by means of the internet where such bet is unlawful under any law in the State in which the bet is initiated, received, or otherwise made. Thus, the UIGEA prohibits online gambling sites from performing transactions with American financial institutions. As a result of the bill, several large publicly traded poker gaming sites such as PartyPoker.com, PacificPoker.comand and bwin closed down their US facing operations. Some operations have not closed and it is still possible for some American players to play online for real money and even sign up for new accounts. The UIGEA has had a devastating effect on the stock value of these companies.
If you actually spend a little time looking through some of the arguments currently being put up against legalizing online poker a strong feature of those arguments can be summarized as ‘protecting the moral fiber of the citizens The government thinks its citizens will all go stir crazy as soon as online poker can be legally played throughout the country. We’d all immediately start spending rent and food money gambling in online poker competitions, neglecting our children, failing to turn up for work. There are people who have addictive personalities and may well play online poker games to their personal and financial detriment.

A nation must have adequate federal laws to ensure that online poker websites have very stringent controls to prevent under-age players accessing any online poker games and, that money laundering cannot take place. There are many other controls that could also reasonably be insisted on, for example: ensuring that online poker players a have to deposit money for their betting chips in advance of a game, …

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