NANNY STATE:
PokerStars today announced that it would cease providing real-money poker to residents of Washington State. To date, PokerStars has operated in Washington on the basis of legal opinions where the central advice was that the state could not constitutionally regulate Internet poker, or at least could not discriminate in favor of local cardrooms and against online sites. Last week, however, the Washington Supreme Court for the first time rejected that position and upheld the state’s Internet gaming prohibition.
Details can be found here: http://pokerati.com/2010/09/30/pokerstars-blocking-real-money-play-for-washington-state-residents/
And here: http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/news/washington/faq
Easycure
I don't know whats in the mind of US government.What issues they do have with poker and economy, they have stopped all the source of income of a normal person. I am unable to understand what do they want.
Posted by: texas hold em game | Monday, September 26, 2011 at 10:40 PM
In my opinion, this was a serious issue not only for internet gamblers but for individuals' rights in the US.
Posted by: Best Online Poker Sites | Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 01:36 AM
I wonder... back when the telephone was invented did they try and regulate who could call you or who you could call? Did any states block 1-900 numbers?
Hopefully the PPA helps fix things soon.
Posted by: MicroRoller | Monday, October 11, 2010 at 04:02 PM
Where can we play online from WA state? This is BS that the Government can regulat what we do online..
Posted by: T | Friday, October 01, 2010 at 11:15 PM