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Originally Posted by Skallagrim
Sorry my friend, this is the world we live in. There is no "plain English" in this bill, nor in most of the statutes Congress has passed since WWII.
Here's the best I can do: this bill will allow licensed poker sites to service US customers. It also, however, allows for individual states to require licensed sites not to accept players from states that "opt out."
Also, this bill BY ITSELF creates no new taxes nor tax with-holding; it provides that US players will have legal recourse, civil and/or criminal, against cheaters and sites that don't pay; and it exempts any site with a license from the provisions of the UIGEA, thus allowing easy deposits and cash outs from those sites.
Skalllagrim
It seems that states would not turn down more taxable revenue, but it seems
more likely that they will just as easily say, "the internet is no casino reservation, and we do not want our citizens participating in such skullduggeric behavior." This rings especially true right now, since this only requires the governers signature.
I can see Leapfrogs concern, as states that currently took no interest in this issue previously, will jump onboard to illegalize something they once took something of a passing interest too. Is it not the case that once a state opts-out, it becomes officially illegal in that state?
This seems much more powerful than the UIGEA, because with this bill the government will actually get its hands into some taxable regulations, which will cause them to take much more notice of its enforcement.
IMO, the opt-out option should say something to the effect that the activity that is being opted-out of, then does not become illegal in that state, with no other legislation.
Really, even if this bill passes, how much will it boost the games? I think the decline in fish is a direct result in the decline of credit cards acceptance on the sites+neteller, not the idea that it is illegal, and a simple repeal of the UIGEA would be just fine, though I guess that isn't reasonable.