RonFezBuddy said:

There's nothing illegal about cashing out or depositing on a site.  What was made illegal was the business processors that do the transactions.  But for the end user there is nothing illegal about playing or cashing.

 

I do believe there will be regulation based on the most recent events.  I think that will be great for us as players as we'll have more options and more casual players entering the game.

The last Congressional Session was certainly promising, problem is they didn't get the bill out of committee markup until just before the fall recess in a mid-term election year. Based on that there is no way this bill is going to be put on the schedule for a floor vote prior to November (I just don't see Nancy Pelosi moving this up the calendar ahead of the elections) so it is going to get stuck going back through the entire process again next year. Kind of sucks, but at least there are some strong Representatives from districts where they are not likely to lose supporting the legislation!

FkCoolers said:

If they ever do fully regulate poker within the US I agree that a lot of people who are hell bent on never playing online so long as their money is going to the Bahamas or wherever might suddenly start playing, and playing badly.  

Of course then we'll need the rakeback equivalent for federal and state taxes :/

Lol, the rakeback could get interesting at that point. It would be interesting to see if the standard of play would go back down with an influx of new players. Could bring back the edge for a lot of players and re-invigorate the entire industry.

I am really glad that PA legalized table games, makes it a lot easier for me rather than spending 2.5hrs in a car just to go play in AC (as long as it isn't the summer and the friggin shore traffic is in full effect). Who knew poker was the cure all