cliffs on poker law

[Micro2Macro]

Nope

so what's the problem?

[a500lbgorilla]

problem?

[kevster]

Doesn't the argument go something like this......

Poker Community: We want to be able to deposit freely and play poker against anybody we choose on any site we choose.

Govt: We want to protect our revenue.

Poker Community: But we already pay tax.

Govt: We're not so sure about that, there maybe a slice of the pie we're missing out on. This internet thing is way out of hand. We're going to make it as difficult as possible for you to deposit/withdraw for now.

Stop me if I'm wrong but nothing has really changed in this scenario, there's simply been some movement in the govt stance in conjunction with making sure they have more control over what goes on. It's perhaps confusing/frustrating but they haven't said exactly what that will entail so should people be panicked and angry by this? In my opinion, no. Or, at least, not yet.

The fact that local laws seemingly over-ruling national ones such as the business in NY only serve to blur the lines on the issue. I guess this is an upshot of the underlying structure of the US. It probably has very positive implications in many instances but fuck-me-in-the-ass-where's-my-bankroll-gone-i-have-a-huge-tax-bill in others.

[Illfavor]

so what's the problem?

The world is less cut/dry than that?