One year has passed from the time when the U.S. banned its citizens to play poker online. Most online poker rooms of America withdrew from admitting thereby losing the battle with Congress.
However, things begin to take a different turn. Some months ago, Antigua won a dispute over Internet gambling in the World Trade Organization. We know the U.S. is not a tiny państewkiem and despite the favorable verdict Anitgua, the U.S. is not likely to withdraw before the ban on Internet gambling.
But this precedent opens the door to other organizations. For the game, in addition to online gambling giants, have begun to turn corporations such as VISA and MasterCard. For these companies lack of support gambling transactions, the multimillion loss. For only the first six months, both companies spent on lobbying up to 880 thousand dollars. It seems that the general has joined the fight against a real ally.
on 22-24 October in Washington, DC (USA) has scheduled a special conference organized by the Association of Poker Players, where you will meet members of Congress and persuade them to change their legislation. According to the organizers want it to be very aggressive action.
Amendment law can radically change the landscape of gaming. Liberalisation may transfer an interest in online poker rooms in the U.S., and thus lose interest in Europe, mostly Polish. There would This is the dull promotions targeted to our players. The money earned would be spent and because the ocean, and our poker players would remain scraps. Let us hope that the rooms do not lose interest in our market. Although he does not have much to offer, but this situation may change.
