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Originally Posted by magicrun
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_poker#Legality maybe you should do alittle reading. alot of people quit playing online because its a sham. even if some sites arent rigged they cant stop all the cheating, most people use programs like tournament shark data mining etc. this gives an edge. most players would rather play where they can see a deck being shuffled. cant blame them either. as for bots most people know they exsist.
I don't really know what you want me to say. If some people don't want to play, whatever. And yea obviously some players on the sites cheat. Some players in casinos cheat too ...... and at least online there are detailed records of everything kept by the sites and the players have large databases of the hands they've played which they can analyze for any problems.
From the wikipedia link you gave:
"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."
So if you read the UIGEA this it appears as though it did not make playing poker online illegal. Basically it prohibits the transfer of funds from a financial institution to an illegal Internet gambling site. Unlawful internet gambling is defined above and is based on what is legal/illegal under state law. UIGEA did not criminalize any actions of players or sites ... only banks ..... and only if the site to which the bank is transferring money accepts bets that are illegal under states' laws.