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California Considers Move Towards Legalisation of Online Poker

With the huge legal battle surrounding the legalisation of online poker very much in full action it seems that the first state that is considering passing a legalisation bill is California.

Within the bill there was an report looking into the popularity of the pass time, revealing that billions of dollars was been spent on online poker websites but the sites were off shore and unregulated by the US government.

The state currently allows its patrons to play live poker tournaments within the state but has been holding off on allowing those players to do exactly the same while playing online.

This has raised questions about the government that is currently in place as many members of the public are seeing that as a ‘double standard’, allowing players to gamble at live tournaments but not allowing the online poker players to wager money.

The draft legal bill issues a statement that says:

It is in the best interest of the state and its citizens to authorize, implement and create a licensing and regulatory structure and system to allow licensed gambling establishments to operate government-regulated Internet poker wagering Web sites.

The bill pointed out that the state felt that is should allow online gambling but only if they could offer better online protection for its players with the aid of the ‘gambling establishments that function online’.

The bill would mean that existing gambling establishments that are already licenced by the state would be granted the licencing conditions allowing online gambling but new sites will not be granted a licence.

The Bureau of Gambling will be in charge of creating an agreement between the two parties, California State and Online poker rooms, that will remain within the guidelines that have been set out in the UIGEA that was created in 2006.

With this news becomng public, the state have also moved to say that the granting of the licences to such online gambling sites will spark new security measures with underage gambling been one of the main concerns.

We think that this a a positive move that is been considered by the Californian governement and hope to see this bill made offical sooner rather than later.

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Poker Pros Challenge Obama to $1 Million Poker Game

Bluefire Poker has made a move to prove that poker is a game of skill, not luck amid the questions been asked by U.S officials as they consider whether poker should remain illegal.

Professional players from Bluefire Poker made the challenge to Obama, or one of the U.S. congress in a bid to show them that poker is more about skill than luck, hoping that a win would help prove information to help the congress into making a decision in the on going case to prevent online poker gambling.

The pro’s have made the challenge on the condition that if the congress are successful in the challenge, Bluefire will donate $1 million to charity.

Billy Murphy, Bluefire Poker said:

“Specific terms of the game haven’t been set yet. However, the format will include an equal number of chips at the start of the game, and the opponents will play long enough to demonstrate the advantage of skill in the game.”

“Poker prowess and experience demonstrate themselves over time - in the long run, the better player wins the game because the player’s skills increase the odds of success.”

Bluefire don’t expect to get an acceptance from the U.S. congress or from Obama himself, but the challenge has already generated alot of interest from other parties.

As court rooms come to their decision, the offer will remain on the table for acceptance.

Bluefire place the ball firmly back into Obama’s court…

Do you feel that the congress should step forward and take some first hand experience?

What do you think to the story?

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US Clarifies Agreement With European Union

The European Union came to an agreement with the United States last week which resulted in the EU being compensation by the US. The agreement enforced the US to open it’s doors to warehousing, courier services (Fedex) and the testing services to the EU for the ban that was imposed on the online gaming market.

Within 24 hours of the agreed compensation package the US has stated that certain areas of the agreement were not black and white and thus clarrified items as to what they will be offering. The proposed postal services is one of the these areas. Currently the United States Postal Service has already allowed foriegn markets to handle overseas mail for the last 20 years. With this new compensation plan, the EU has only made these services legal and binding and nothing will change from the current status as it is. This means that domestic delivery and storage at ports and airports would remain closed.

An official added that this had “real value” and the EU agreed. “It gives the sector legal certainty. There is real value in binding the commitments,” said the EU trade commissioner, Peter Mandelson.

A USTR official said it was “a rebalancing of legal commitments”. Nao Matsukata continued with “If they have agreed legally binding commitments that must have the approval of Congress as they do not have fast-track authority. I would expect to see congressional leaders taking a look at this,” he said. His firm works for a financial services company with interest in the case.

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