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Poker Today
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CHANGING TIMES FOR POKER ONCE AGAIN
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Tina Bergstrom, Semi-Pro Poker Player and WPN Writer
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By Tina Bergstrom, Poker Writer
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Poker once again is destined to morph into another style and level of the game. Days of Doyle’s back room poker games and internet winners to the WSOP are gone. But what lies ahead for the game that has changed so many American lives? Perhaps the changes to come will be for the betterment of the game in general? We all have these questions in mind, but where do we go for the answers?
Legal minds are busy dissecting the new bill and trying to locate loopholes. Internet owners and operators are closing faster than your own front door. Banking systems are on overload trying to handle the mass withdrawals. Here are some of the answers that we learned are within some reason with factual support that we can actually believe.
The legalization, regulation and taxation on internet poker are still an issue that the government has not considered in full. Basically, no study was ever done by any entity of the pursuing representatives to ban internet gaming. Instead of forcing a judgment of morality onto every playing American, the government simply could have investigated the possibilities of collecting their share of a multi-billion dollar industry. Could the taxes collected from Party Poker alone over time balance the country’s budget? You be the judge of that. With a reported daily average income of approximately 2.1 million and the founders of PartyGaming now on the Forbes list of billionaires, it sounds very suspect to me. Who benefits from the banning law? That’s the real question that’s left unanswered.
The Justice Department and federal courts are unable to agree on whether Internet gambling is illegal. The Justice Department maintains that the 1961 Wire Act, written to prohibit betting transactions via telephone, applies to the Internet. Courts have disagreed, saying that betting on sports teams over the Internet is illegal, but wagering on casino games, such as poker, is not. And though the Justice Department thinks that off-track and online wagering on horse races is illegal, it has never prosecuted a case. This brings us to examine what the World Trade Organization has to lose in the passing of this new law.
The World Trade Organization even has a stake in the game. The organization has ruled that the United States violates trade treaties by outlawing offshore online gambling while tolerating some forms of U.S. based online gambling, citing the horse racing ambiguity. The small island of Antigua has brought action against the U.S. government sighting that the law does not include them as a contributing factor to the Internet gaming law. Antigua hosts many services for several Internet gaming sites for financial services, internet support servers and gaming licensing. With the enactment of this new law, Antigua’s government will suffer huge losses to its tax base and trade agreements. The unemployment rate of this small island will also suffer as the Internet companies pull out of the tiny island nation.
What’s to become of the Worlds Series of Poker? I have recently learned from a Harrah’s spokesperson that the new dates for the WSOP 2007 will be June 1 through July 17th. Harrah’s also will decline any entries made by third party poker sites. In order to combat falling numbers at the 2007 WSOP, Harrah’s will be introducing more live super satellite qualifiers into the events. These should be starting right away in all of Harrah’s properties. With the loss of online qualifiers, the young aggressive players may also be a fallen foe as well. The WSOP and WPT events are already seeing declining numbers. So what does the home bound, online player do? Especially if you do not have the true luck to live close by to a live casino or card room? Do your dreams of a WSOP bracelet become just that, a dream? Or do you take the BIG step and move closer to the live venues that can help make your dreams a reality. Because of all the obvious obstacles, we now believe that a professional player has the chance to once again rise above the cream and win another main event.
Here’s to chasing those poker dreams in a new poker world!
Good Luck everyone!
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