Shouldn't We Be Focusing On The Poker Carve Out?

[Q_and_A]

Party's original success was attracting US players to their poker room. For the last two years they have been slowly exposing poker players to their casino games and integrating the casino site with the poker site. The line has blurred between casino games and poker at Party. For legal/moral issues requiring a distinction between poker and casino games, this is unfortunate.

Though I believe that all types of internet gaming/gambling should be a purely individual choice, online poker (arguably a game of skill) is usually easier to advocate and rationalize versus casino games (based largely on chance). Some have argued that "offering" real money poker online is not prohibited by any federal law, even the latest UIGEA legislation. The thought of an expressly clear federal legislative exemption for online poker is batted about as an eventual likelihood. Sportsbooks and casinos seem to face a much more difficult road to exemption.

Are sites that offer gaming in addition to poker in a more difficult position (Party)? Should these sites do more to segregate poker from other gaming?