What Happens For Canadians

[grac]

If in the future online poker is outlawed in the US would Canada take steps to follow in the future? If not the amount of active players will surely drop but the average players skill will durasically increase, is this a fair assessment as only the best US players will find someway to play illegally.

As a side note is it possible that within 5 years major US casinos will be able to open online cardrooms, this would surely create a major boom as they would be more effectively able to advertise and funding options would be much more convenient. This is most likely a shot in the dark assuming this new bill allows no leway for ventures like this in the future.

[KKsuited]

As usual, they will do whatever France or the US tells them [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[S0meGuy]

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As usual, they will do whatever France or the US tells them [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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[KKsuited]

lol, just messing with you.

[DavidNB]

I don t think anything will happen in Canada even if the bill passes in the U.S. Reason is you have to remember the U.S. politics is to the far right of where Canada's is. A Canadian Consevrtive would be close to a U.S. Liberal. The number of players would drop but how much is the question I guess that gets a different answer depending who you ask.

[pauly2x]

It certainly is within the realm of possibilities that there could be U.S.-based online gaming at some point in the future. I would imagine the longer the time frame you're looking at, the more likely it would become.

However, it would be a very complex issue, since the regulation of gaming, and the decision on whether or not to allow gambling at all (from land-based casinos, riverboats, card barns, lotteries, horse racing, dog racing, jai alai, whatever) has traditionally been delegated to the individual states. Even today, while the application of the WIre Act is murky at best when applied to online poker, most states have statutes covering unlicensed gambling. I'm no lawyer, but it's my impression that while a player may or may not be violating federal law as it stands today, many (if not most) online players are violating some type of state law by participating in these games.

I'm by no means an expert, but I don't think you'll see sweeping federal legislation that will make online poker legal everywhere in the country. If online poker becomes legal here, I think it's more likely to start in individual state legislatures.

But again, I'm no expert, so take my opinion with a large grain of salt.