Washington State's Attack on Internet Gambling

Time for gamblers to fold
PokerGazette 05/27/06 14:41
Beginning next month, Washington residents who play poker or make other types of wagers on the Internet will be committing a Class C felony, equivalent under the law to possessing child pornography, threatening the governor or torturing an animal.Although the head of the state Gambling Commission says it is unlikely that individual online gamblers will be targeted for arrest, the new law carries stiff penalties: as much as five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.The new law, which takes effect J

Washington State bans online poker
Professional-Poker 05/06/06 14:44
The state of Washington quietly passed a bill that makes playing online poker illegal. The bill, SB 6613, will officially take effect on June 7th, 2006. From then on the mere act of playing poker on the Internet in Washington State could get you in prison for 10 years, the maximum penalty associated with a Class C Felony.

Why there's no crackdown on state's Internet poker players
PokerGazette 02/15/06 21:51
Tens of thousands of Nevadans routinely break state gaming laws by illegally playing online poker, but the state's gaming cops don't seem to care.Nevada is one of the few states to have enacted laws making it illegal to gamble online. Web casino operators contend that their operations don't violate federal law - an assertion disputed by the Justice Department - but even if an ongoing legal battle backs the Web casinos' point of view, it clearly remains illegal for Nevadans to gamble on the Inter