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Carve Outs for Poker

Online casino gambling may still be on the short list of concerns for many politicians and members of Congress but internet poker is making a strong bid within the Senate apparently. The controversial UIGEA blocked the transactions between internet gambling companies and US banking industry. Within the UIGEA though were specific carve outs for sectors of the internet gambling industry – particularly Fantasy Football leagues in-state horserace betting. Supporters of the internet poker gambling industry have spent millions thus far lobbying the politicians to exclude internet poker from the affects of the online casino gambling ban and it seems that some politicians have stepped up and are making the internet poker debate a prominent concern in the US Senate in the coming weeks.

Those supporting the legalization of online poker in the US argue that the pastime should be exempted from the regulations of the UIGEA based on the fact that internet poker is a skill based game and therefore not under the scope of the UGIEA. The argument of skill based gaming versus a game of chance has been considered by governments all over the world and most governments have ruled that while there is a large element of skill in the game of poker, chance plays a dominant role in the game and thus poker is under the regulations of the gambling industries.

Senator Robert Menendez’s bill, the Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act has actually made it further than any other piece of legislation related to online casino and poker gambling. His bill has advanced through the Senate and will likely go up for vote in the coming weeks. The bill has the firm support of the Poker Player’s Alliance.