It may well end up that April 15 was the day that the Department of Justice finished the job that Senator Jon Kyl and his merry men kicked off back in 2006: The killing of online poker in the United States.
There will be a million words written about this subject over the weekend and most of them will be better and more informed than mine. Go read them.
I am a little surprised that Full Tilt and Stars are suspending service to U.S. customers. I would have thought that they would continue to hold to their position that poker is not unlawful gaming, ultimately having a day in court on that issue. Perhaps they have decided that there is no point in serving a market where the customers cannot cash out - or perhaps like many others they've simply caved in response to threats of prison.
It's a sad indictment of our increasingly broken political system that a small number of people - most of whom are bureaucrats, not elected officials - can exert such power by making what feels like an end run around the law. You think internet poker is gambling? Fine, go get legislation that says that.
I would go hunt up message board posts from people who encouraged votes for this administration but it's not worth the bother. Both parties are corrupt as hell and give little more than lip service to personal liberty.
It's late. I'm not drunk although I kind of wish that I was. Bye.
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