Poker in the White House

Less than a week to go and the new president will take his place.  From an online gambling perspective I can’t wait for the change of leadership.  From a personal perspective, change is always good and I hope that the economy is repaired as quickly as possible, so that people can prosper, instead of fearing the loss of their jobs.

Obviously Obama is not going to focus on the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) in his first few weeks of office.  I would hope that the new president will focus on more pressing issues – but of course it would be great if he does lead change to this law early on in his term – so that he doesn’t have to do anything illegal as the President….logging on late at night to join his favorite online poker room…might not be the best move.

We have to hope that enough people in Congress come to their senses soon and realise that the UIGEA does not make sense.  Most importantly, that it does not achieve its aim of trying to regulate online gambling.

As an avid gambler, have you made contact with the Poker Players Alliance?  Or, have you at least been to their website to see what they do?  An organized and coordinated effort is required to get this law changed, I think they are doing a great job of organizing opposition towards the UIGEA.

Write a personal letter to Congress and join the 70,000 people that have already done this – well done to them!

If you want something really badly – then you have to fight for it!  If you want to play online casino games and poker, legally, then you have to get organized and have a strategy of attack.  Don’t just sit on the side and complain.

Up until now the people defending this law have been more organized than those trying to oppose it.  But this is about to change, more and more online gamblers are putting together a joint offensive to fight this law.  And, good for them!

Let’s make it legal to play online poker – even in the White House!