January 20, 2012
Is online poker legal?
First of all, I apologize for my late post. I have been off due to some personal problems, so please forgive me about that.
Now that all things have completely changed in online poker industry and much to surprise that department of justice(DOJ) has excluded online poker from UIGEA wire act rule, it is something awesome news I have come across.
If that news is poping up, then it means online poker is legal in United States, it also means online poker transactions can be done.
In the statement, James Cole made a comment, US Deputy Attorney General stated that “The Department’s Office of Legal Counsel (“OLC”) has analyzed the scope of the Wire Act, 18 U.S.c § 1084, and concluded that it is limited only to sports betting.”
These are the words spoken out from DOJ official. It means legalizing online poker could be any time soon in US and we are also seeing some US states coming forward for it.
