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Bipartisan Movement to Legalize Online Poker
 
August 9, 2009

It is funny the things that will unite Republicans and Democrats. Usually it is something like a Hurricane or some kind of natural disaster that has to happen for them to come together on anything. It certainly isn’t our economy – for they would rather see our country fail than do what it right for its citizens. But lately we have seen them come together – for poker. Yes, that’s right, our political parties seem to be putting aside their problems with each other and joining hands across America to legalize online poker.
 
It started with a bill from a Democrat that a Republican quickly added their support to. The overturning of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act or UIGEA is the topic of conversation lately. It was Republicans that first made online poker illegal, and many thought it would be Democrats who made it legal- but it seems as though both sides want to see change in a big way.
 
There are of course those online poker sites that have never stopped allowing players to play at their site. They have gotten around the ins and outs of the law somehow and are still allowing US patrons to play poker at their sites. The poker industry of course supports such sites as they feel that they have never really been under the umbrella of the UIGEA until the government seized their bank accounts.
 
Then Republicans and Democrats alike stepped forward to throw their support behind the bill. They say that they don’t see anything wrong with allowing poker playing online, and they also see it as a great way to bring in additional funds for the US. Who says we can’t all just get along?