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whether these allegations come to be truth or not, i think you can see why on-line poker will not be legalized in the usa, anytime soon.

it's interesting how everyone was berating the usa for making on-line poker illegal based upon it being classified as a game of chance, when the real concern is that on-line poker does not have the security in place to prevent cheating.

i will not be surprised if more euro countries start to ban on-line poker for security reasons. the on-line sites have very well demonstrated that they are more interested in raking in the rake today, rather than spending capital to provide the adequate security measures needed in today and tomorrow's on-line world.

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Surely you see how Stars taking action now is taking action against cheats.

In fact they locked loads of accounts about a month back because of account sharing in cash games and tourneys.

What you dont realise is that legislating the sites is the best way to secure them - look at the US, now you have a bunch of people still playing on these sites but your country has no influence whatsoever over them.

These sites, certainly Stars anyway, are doing what they can in a difficult situation. Are there problems in online poker, of course. But the same can be said of any industry/business/government anywhere in the world.

The fact is i gladly accept the risks associated with online poker because the positives massively outweigh any problems.

The future is NOT banning online gaming, its a country as forward thinking as mine (the UK) setting up a government body and licensing system to regulate these sites in the same way as the Financial Services Authority regulates banks.