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A Turning Point

The online casino poker gambling community in the United States is welcoming the latest court decision out of Pennsylvania – it marks a turning point in the way that the US government classifies the game of poker. Thus far, several US State courts have ruled that poker gambling – whether via the land or online casinos, was primarily a game of chance and therefore subject to the legislation and regulation associated with gambling. Pennsylvania Judge Thomas A. James Jr. though ruled that the game of Texas Hold’em in particular is a game of skill more so than luck – a welcomed ruling considering to men were facing illegal poker gambling charges in the state.

Countries all over the world have been forced to make this ruling in recent years as online casinos and internet poker spread heavily in the global market. Many poker supporters argue that regulations and restrictions that lump poker and casino gambling into the same category are unfair. Apparently, Judge James Jr. agreed that the game is skill based though and this means that the US court system has a powerful legal precedent in place now that could really positively affect the rest of the US states as they pass judgments and legislation related to the control of poker gambling.

Naturally, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) is thrilled with this latest ruling. The PPA’s main purpose right now centers on legalize online casino poker gambling in the United States and one of the PPA’s largest battles thus far was gaining the recognition of poker as a skill game. The presiding Judge found that because poker is a strategy based game and there are clearly skilled players versus bad poker players (and indeed poker pros who are highly skilled at the game) that these factors were indicative of a game ruled predominately by skill.