UIGEA "Virus" Spreading Like Plague Worldwide

[gaboonviper]

It is looking more and more like the UIGEA has done more than screw the American poker world. It seems to be spreading and mutating into various forms all around the world:

--Canada has stated that it may follow the USA with similar legislation of internet gambling.

--China, which has potential for massive online poker growth, has stated that they will severly regulate online gambling. They have gone so far as to say they consider it a scourge.

--France looks like it is following us with severe legislative restrictions to such a degree that today Party Poker announced it is pulling out of France.

--According to gambling 911.com the climate in Scandinavia and the Netherlands is not good right now for online poker.

So it is starting to look like the UIGEA--or perhaps I should say the UIGEA mentality-- is "morphing itself" and spreading all over the world in a variety of different forms.