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Pessimistic Poker Headline from Las Vegas Sun 1/14/2013

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01-14-2013 , 01:36 PM

Gioco

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Sees legalization in the immediate future as unlikely:

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2013/ja...c-about-poker/

01-16-2013 , 05:56 PM

Poker Clif

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Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 5,806

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gioco

Sees legalization in the immediate future as unlikely:

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2013/ja...c-about-poker/

The obvious comment here is that it is not illegal to play online poker until a law says that it is illegal. Walking down the street is not a crime until I do something explicitly illegal, for example, obstructing traffic. So by default, online poker is legal in most US states.

If online poker was illegal, there is no way that Norman Chad would talk on TV about players getting into the Main Event through an online satellite, and I wouldn't be on these forums saying that I play online.

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