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The Pennsylvania Case

The internet poker gambling situation in the US is changing rapidly on a week to week basis these days. With the current economic recession the individual state governments are looking at internet poker as a way to raise state funds. Online casinos are federally prohibited but there has been a lot of speculation about whether these rules prohibit the internet poker sites as well. One of the deciding factors for the internet poker industry comes down to whether the game is lumped in the with the online casino gambling sites – essentially the skill versus chance debate. There has been some development on the issues lately and the Pennsylvania courts have sided with the poker industry naming it a game of skill.

The Poker Players Alliance is working actively in the United States to secure the right to gambling at the online poker sites. The online casinos are definitely banned at the federal level, and although the PPA does support legislation to repeal the ban, the organization is also actively working to alter the mindset with which state governments are approaching the game of poker. Three states have already ruled that poker is a game of skill, and therefore legal in its online form.

John Pappas, leader of the PPA, observed, "Recent rulings in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Kentucky and Colorado all affirmed that poker is a game of skill.” The newest case though is taking place in the California courts because the government seized online poker funds that were processing through the Account Services company. Account Services is actively fighting to have the seized funds immediately released.