Home	Tutorial	Online Casino Reviews	Best Online Casinos	Casino Software	Casino News

Online Casino Gambling --- Casino News

PPA Fighting Against Regs

The Poker Player’s Alliance in the United States is one of the top organizations that has been constantly vocal about educating the public and the politicians with details about the online casinos and internet poker gambling industries. Lately the debate has really been heating up though because the UIGEA enforcement regulations will actually affect poker transactions as well – something the PPA has fought hard to keep from happening. The PPA asserts that the game of poker is fully different from the chance games at online casinos and thus not subject to the authority of the UGIEA.

Politicians who have enforced all of this ridiculous legislation in the first place though are currently asserting that poker is actually the root of all of the issues – that the game of poker is far more addictive and evil than the online casinos and therefore fully blocked as a part of the UIGEA as well. In fact though, internet poker often touts itself as a skill based game that counters some of the dangers of the online casinos by allowing players to use strategy and learned skills to play better. But despite research that points to these facts about internet poker the head of the US anti-gambling movement, Spencer Bachus outrageously noted, "Internet poker is the crack cocaine of gambling.”

The debate is really heavy right now as the US politicians duke it out in the rooms of Congress to see which side will maintain the upper-hand, the UIGEA and anti-online casino supporters already have the upper hand because the legislation has passed and has an implementation deadline. The real challenge for the PPA and others is to prevent any further action and any further support for the UIGEA.