Legislation which could affect thousands of online poker players in the U.S. may, or may not be nearer. With news over the last week regarding the latest legislative victory for Barney Frank’s pro-online poker legislation, a lot of players are wondering how close the US actually is to regulating online poker. It is now believed that the short answer to the question is, yes it could be closer than many people think.
But there could be a long answer which may or may not please and that is that a variety of developments this summer have left us feeling that online poker has the best shot of getting regulated in the US that the industry has had in quite some time. Most sober-minded people had a fairly tame reaction to the news last week that Frank’s bill got out of committee. This was a crucial step of course but a long and difficult legislative road lies ahead, possibly as long as a year.
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