Our website has lots of links and
information about the safest and most
financially secure websites accepting
American players as well as how to
deposit at each.
What you need to understand:
We are not lawyers or legal experts by
any means. You should research laws in
your own area about the legality of
online poker. The information in this
section is our opinion only and should
not be taken as fact.
Is Online Poker Illegal?
To the best of our knowledge there are
absolutely 0 federal laws that prohibit
or relate specifically to online poker
from the players prospective. The UIGE
Act of 2006 is clear that it does not
make any new items illegal it only makes
credit card companies and banks
knowingly funding already illegal
online gambling a crime. This focuses on
the financial institutions themselves as
well as the online gambling companies
but does not focus or mention the
player. The only law we are aware of at
a Federal level is the wire act which to
our knowledge has only ever been used to
prosecute those in the business of
sports betting. It has never been used
for casino or poker at all and has never
been used to target an online sports
bettor, but has been used to target
those in the business of bookmaking.
Online Poker might possibly (or might
not be) be illegal in 11 states which
have some form of law against online
gambling. The states in question are
Michigan, Illinois, Louisiana, Oregon,
Wisconsin, Washington, Indiana, Nevada,
New York, New Jersey and South Dakota.
We do
not know of any laws in the other 39
states which would make playing online
poker illegal.
Your responsibility:
It is your
responsibility to determine if playing
online poker is a crime or not and to
know any laws that fall under your
jurisdiction. Our site is for
informational purposes only and should
not be used to break any laws. You are
hereby notified that using information
contained on our website to break any
law is a violation of our sites terms of
service. If you do not agree to this
terms we ask that you cease using our
website immediately.
If you believe online poker is legal in
your area our website is a great guide
to finding the safest places to play
online and how to deposit and withdrawal
using American friendly banking methods.
See All Poker Rooms Accepting American
Players
The best thing you can do right now to
support the future of online poker is to
continue playing it.
If you believe online poker is a
freedom/right that the United States
government has no right to restrict; if
you are disturbed that the DOJ is
attempting to convict legitimate
business men and if you are more than
appalled that elected officials
would go as far as grossly abuse the law
making process by attaching anti gaming
legislation to a must pass security
defense bill then please take action.
By continuing to play online poker we
will show the USA government that they
will not stop poker players. They can attack funding methods, they can send the wimpy
poker rooms running away from the USA
with their tales between their legs,
they can try it all, but in the end they
will not kill online poker. As long as
the sites offer us a method to do so
players
will continue to play.
We encourage you to patronize the
websites going out of their way to offer
USA residents smooth service. You can do
this by making deposits and continuing
to play, be sure to mention when
possible how much you appreciate their
commitment to to the USA market.
The final thing you can do to support it
to encourage your friend to continue to
play also. You can maybe even link them
to this letter.
Things to understand:
Poker is a large market that will not go
away. While some sites have folded under
the pressures put on them by the
American government many great options
still remain. We are in a time where
cash outs might take a little longer
than players were accustom to but most sites
are working hard to service customers as
quickly as possibly.
See All American friendly deposit
options.
Good luck at the tables!
Randy
