Interesting article from the Las Vegas Sun this week stating that poker players voting on what should be Obama’s top priorities on his very own website have driven the “Legalisation of online poker” into the Top 10. Clearly there are some very important issues that need addressing by the new administration that dwarf the need to be able to gamble online, but nonetheless it’s a stark reminder that America’s population aren’t exactly enamoured with policy that affects their freedom to make their own decisions.
Well, 2008 was not a vintage year for online casino fans in the USA it must be said! With some politicians keen to tie up votes ahead of Novembers election, and the casino industry being hit by the credit crunch, I guess it was inevitable that change was gonna come. Unfortunately, it wasn’t positive change, but change that left American players wallowing in a mire of uncertainty and black market operators.
The majority of the safe online casinos that were still US facing at the start of the year subsequently decided that the risk was too great, or were “told” that they thought that, and pulled the plug on new registrations from the US.