Why is everyone giving up?

[linuxrocks]

The reason is : uncertainty No one wants to deposit 10K or so, only to be told next day that they cannot get it out with out using a check. No one knows what the Feds might do further. For that matter, no one knows what the sites might do. They all may give up on one fine day and there will be a big scramble to get the money out.

IMO, there will always be online poker, if you want to play. There will always be some way of getting money in and out, but they will be more difficult to use, more costly, more shady and more toward being illegal.