[IHateCats]

We don't know the exact text yet and probably won't know until the end of the day. The likely stuff in the bill is twofold, some restrictions on banks & credit cards which might be possilbe for the truly motivated to get around but will effectively dry up the fish pool as the casual gambler won't go through the hassle. What is uknown is what restrictions there are for individuals to play, there has been different text on this in different bills and no one has seen what Frist has been inserting into things, likely it's not serious but then again who thought Washington state would equate playing online with a class 3 felony, equivalent to child molestation or assult with a deadly weapon either, we just don't know at this point.

The short version of all this is that it WILL most likely kill online poker in the US for casual palyers and thus drying up the supply of fish, even if there are some loopholes for the truly motivated.