too bad the author can't get her facts right: The UIGEA – the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act – ended legal internet poker in the United States and sent poker websites offshore. There is an exemption in the federal law, however, which permits each state to allow intranet (meaning within-state) – but not internet – poker so long as certain conditions are met. According to Assemblyman Levine, his bill would meet those conditions by regulating internet poker provided by companies located in California to those players living in California. And, indeed, the California legislative counsel examining the proposed law agreed that "the operation of online poker for intrastate transactions qualifies under the UIGEA exemption and does not violate the four federal Acts referenced in UIGEA." I am positive the UIGEA DID NOT end legal internet poker in the United States and sent poker websites offshore.............poker websites were already offshore and there were no poker websites operating in the United States because it was and still is illegal to take bets/wager/etc on a website operating in the United States........the UIGEA only stopped financial institutions from funding players poker and gambling accounts......funny though how a law only scared a few........i still fund my poker account through my bank account and it is absolutely free to do so........ party poker ran and hid.......pokerstars challenged the enemy....and appears to be winning.......netteller on the other hand got screwed.........
