[Piece of Cake]

Off-topic a bit - but does anyone remember Napster?

Sure the government snuffed it out eventually. The proverbial sky fell on the napster world.

But it was replaced by T.orrent file sharing. (There's a glaring difference here since one is stealing and can be rationally argued as a criminal act towards another individual, whereas poker is simply illegal because of someone imposing their moral standards on another - much like alcohol.)

You may be right that online poker "as we know it" will be snuffed out. But that simply forces creative minds to come up with new work arounds.

And sadly, whatever new workaround comes about will probably make it even harder to regulate at a later date.

*** All of this ofc ignores the underlying issue that the law stands on shaky ground anyway. It's contradictory in allowing carve-outs to other domestic gambling forms. It's somehow legal to play live but not online. And ofc, because it has no logical basis other than the opinions of what some people feel is morally right - while at the same time infringing on another person's right to spend their discretionary income as they choose - so long ofc as it doesn't infringe on another's rights.