Legislation effects

[dikshit]

Whilst no-one can safely predict the outcome of the legislation until the 270 day notice the fact that, as in prohibition where the consumption of alcohol was not made illegal, this gives a green light for the determined consumer to play poker.

The more effective the legislation, the more criminals will benefit, with no customer protection.

The less effective the legislation, as is currently the situation - with player numbers increasingly rising - the pointlessness of the law, except for sites who have acted in accordance with it.

Is it worth sending the following to Congressmen. Though a non-US citizen I have been materially affected by this law.

Whilst in the present situation most of you are relieved you can still play, this may not remain so in the future. Any feedback would be welcomed.

[grapabo]

People keep bringing up the prohibition parallel, but the two aren't the same. The degree of effort to make your own moonshine or to run your local speakeasy is much less than it would be for online gambling to function with a secure system of money transfers, and still drum up enough business in this environment for a casino, even an offshore one, to make it worth their while.

[caguma]

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People keep bringing up the prohibition parallel, but the two aren't the same. The degree of effort to make your own moonshine or to run your local speakeasy is much less than it would be for online gambling to function with a secure system of money transfers, and still drum up enough business in this environment for a casino, even an offshore one, to make it worth their while.

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There's also much less of a chance of federal agents breaking down your door and arresting you though. As long as execs of poker companies don't step foot on US soil they won't get arrested which means it'd be much more worth their while to conduct business. Never getting caught more than compensates for a few dollars of profit.

[TheEngineer]

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Is it worth sending the following to Congressmen.

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Not just yet. It's a great first draft, but needs a little editing, I think. First of all, I'd rewrite it in standard American English (for example, we don't use "whilst" anymore). Secondly, Americans don't respond kindly to being called "cowards" by non-Americans (especially by citizens of nations for whom we've shed a lot of blood), so I think our Congressmen would react very negatively to the web page as it's now written and could even use it as ammunition against us.

I think it will be a great site once updated. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.


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The US government has recently passed a law aiming to prevent its citizens enjoying playing the traditional American game of Poker online. Whilst too cowardly to make playing online Poker illegal (shades of prohibition in the 1920s) the intention of the law is to prevent Americans transferring cash to and from online sites via banks and other agencies.

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Perhaps say:

Our government has recently passed a law aimed at preventing us from playing poker online. While unwilling to make playing online poker illegal (shades of Prohibition in the 1920s) the intention of the law is to prevent Americans from transferring cash to and from online sites via banks and other agencies.

[dikshit]

Thanks for the imput and I've amended the site to take into account the comments.

A disadvantage in not being American is that my viewpoint is less likely to carry weight, though I can state the UKs sensible approach (nor can I really talk about 'our' gorvernment or 'us').

[TheEngineer]

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A disadvantage in not being American is that my viewpoint is less likely to carry weight, though I can state the UKs sensible approach (nor can I really talk about 'our' gorvernment or 'us').

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You have the site set up as if it were American, complete with a red, white, and blue logo. I assumed that was the goal of your site....to appear to be American. If not, it's generally fine as-is (better without the "coward" comments, though). Obviously there's no need to write in standard American English if you're not intending for it to appear to be authored by an American.