[Merkle]

I'll go on record Bluff as saying I see a BIG difference between casino games and poker. I will NEVER play casino backed games as I am not a gambler. I am a games player (chess, backgammon, poker, bridge, canasta etc...) Money is not only a way you keep score in poker and backgammon but it is a weapon in the form of the timely raise or offer of a doubling cube. And there is no effective way to play either one without money being on the line.

That said, I appreciate any help and efforts to rectify the disaster from last years law. If I honestly saw Wexlers bill moving ahead then perhaps we could reject the offers of CGW and others. But at this time, whether we like it or not we are in the same boat. But I think it will be the casinos themselves who get this reversed in the long run.

P.S.
I sincerely hope that in the long run poker is recognized as a game of skill for legal and tax reasons. Nothing says that can't be the ultimate goal, but shouldn't the immediate goal be to start playing again without ridicouls barriers to transferring our money?