Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Commonwealth v. Dent, 2010 PA Super 47, 992 A.2d 190 (2010), was a Pennsylvania court case wherein a Columbia County Court ruled that poker was a game of skill not luck, thus not illegal gambling per the state statutes. [1] Later, On April 2, 2010, a Pennsylvania Superior Court overturned the ruling declaring poker to be a game of luck. [2] [3]
Although a bill with the gambling wording was previously debated and passed by the House of Representatives, [7] [8] [9] the SAFE Port Act (H.R. 4954) as passed by the House on May 4 and the Senate on September 14, [10] bore no traces of the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act that was included in the SAFE Port Act signed into law by ...
To Holub, the shift started with then-President George W. Bush's signing the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. This law, Holub said, cracked down on internet poker.
Four years ago, playing online poker was a gray-area activity, without legislation. Then, just as Congress was about to close out its 2006 lame-duck session the SAFE Port Act, designed to protect ...
Online poker players will soon find it a lot more difficult to get their gambling fix. On Tuesday, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) will go into effect, prohibiting financial ...
The PPA aims to overturn laws such as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, whether through political or judicial means. [10] [11] For example, the PPA in conjunction with online poker sites, dedicated June 15, 2006 as "Write Your Congressmen Day."
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) did not specifically prohibit online gambling; instead, it outlawed financial transactions involving online gambling service providers—some offshore gambling providers reacted by shutting down their services for US customers.
At the end of the day, it's a game. It's business. It has nothing to do with "right" or "wrong," and everything to do with the interests of the parties involved. And this is true regardless of ...