[TheEngineer]

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Jay,

Are you expecting Jon Kyl and the rest of Congress to repeal the Wire Act (and Bush to sign it) because the WTO said to? I'm just trying to understand the plan. If so, shouldn't we be actively doing something to generate this political climate change? Shouldn't WSEX be emailing their U.S. members to write to Congress, the USTR, and anyone else who influences this?

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I think we have to sit tight on this one. I don't feel it is in our (the poker community) best interests to end up in a situation where the US is forced to choose between no gaming at all and free access.

With the current administration, the people who put us in this current situation could well see this as the opportunity to put the final nail in the coffin, and you also have the question of which side the big US gaming giants will come down on. Given the opportunity to see the existing market truly obliterated, they may play a long game and take a view that they are better off waiting for legalisation in the future. We could end up in another battle against the anti-gaming lobby, and that is not a battle we have had much success in.

As I said before, the WTO is no silver bullet for anyone involved, and has the potential to turn out good or bad for all the players.

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I agree that this ruling may be bad for us for the reasons you stated. I'm not sure why us writing would be bad, though. How would us opposing a total ban hurt us?