FBI says betting on 'virtual card games' is illegal in US

[Quanah Parker]

I'm not a regular visitor to the FBI website, and the "online gambler is illegal" proclamation just seems strange.

Here's the topics listed for their May Headlines:
May 30 Corporate Fraud Melts Big Cheese
May 25 Looking For Our Children
May 23 On the Murder-for-Hire Beat
May 21 Scam Offers Cheap Plasma TVs
May 18 International Jewel Thief Rings
May 16 FBI Releases Bank Crime Stats
May 14 Pictorial History of FBI Academy
May 10 Preventing Terror Radicalization
May 8 FBI Probe Busts N.J. Terror Plot
May 7 Digital Forensics Labs Report
May 4 Shore Up Your Wireless Security
May 2 Muslim Targeted in Hate Crime

These topics are kind of what I'd expect from a FBI website...but not the online poker article.

Somebody has an agenda that they're pushing.

[oldbookguy]

Perhaps they are trying to fight back, we are making progress.

Also, that stance has been the position of the Bush administration even in light of all case law to the contrary concerning Internet Casinos not being covered by any law until the UIGEA and even that may not cover Poker.....

obg

[MasterLJ]

They are using blanket statements about "gambling". Sportsbetting is illegal... poker is not. Sites that specifically offer poker are doing nothing wrong.

Gamble on.