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U.S. Players Revolt

Well, the word revolt may be a bit of an overstatement, but one player in San Diego has decided to take the fight for online casino gambling into his own hands with a petition that will go to the California Government once the petition reaches the desired number of signatures. Individual state governments have ruled on internet poker – in addition to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act which effects online casinos and their access to U.S. internet gamblers.

The San Diego player has had enough of the restrictions on online casino poker so he began an official petition – cleared though the California Secretary of State’s Office and everything – that he hopes will gain 430,000 signatures by the end of 2007. Some are criticizing the effort the player, Anthony Standstrom is putting into the poker petition considering all of the problems in the state that are perhaps a priority. Sandstrom though actively admits that this petition addresses an issue that is not a priority for many Californians. But he also notes that he is “just a guy who wants to play poker at home when [he doesn’t] feel like making an hour drive to a card room or casino."

The specific intent of the petition is to put the online casino poker proposal on the statewide ballot so that voters would ultimately have the say-so about whether Californians should be able to play online poker in the privacy of their own homes. There is, however, a significant amount of objection to Sandstroms proposal to legalize online poker. The argument is primarily from anti-gambling groups (like churches and watchdog groups) land-based card rooms that do not want to lose business to online casinos poker rooms, and proponents of the state lottery – they claim that legalizing internet poker would take money away from the government.

On the other side though Sandstrom acknowledges all of these arguments and attempts to assuage some of them. His proposal would give a percentage of the online casino poker revenue to the states to help with road conditions and more. Sandstrom also notes, despite objections, "I am going to make a mighty effort to make safe, legal, and accessible online poker possible."