[Jay Cohen]

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Shouldn't the primary goal be getting poker exempt from UIGEA, with other 'tax & regulate bills' as ancilliary. Im not sure how this has to be played, but poker exemption is my primary concern.

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The primary goal is simply expressly legal poker. The best bill to do this right now is the Wexler "Skill Games Protection Act" (HR 2610). It exempts poker and other named games of skill from ALL internet gambling laws, does not create any new federal tax or regulatory scheme (other than to require the sites to have age verification, and similar protective measures). It is by itself WTO compliant (it doesnt make the US compliant with the WTO, but it certainly does not take the US any further out of compliance). And it is gaining sponsors and momentum. It does not require us to justify online slots (the alleged "crack" of gambling) and it does not require us to convince the sports leagues to allow betting on their games.

It is the best bill for us, and it is the one we need to keep pushing.

Skallagrim

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I would argue that it does take the US further out of compliance, if there is such a thing. The truth is you are in compliance or you are not. It's like being a little bit pregnant.

However, if the US's two options to be in compliance is eliminate all remote gambling, or open the US market to all remote gambling from Antigua, adding one more form of state sanctioned remote gambling to the US market does in a way take them further out of compliance.