The Truth About Online Poker Rooms

You already know that Online Poker is one of the hottest things on the Internet right now. I was a professional ‘brick and mortar’ (casino) poker player for 3 years and still am a recent Mandalay Bay Resort And Casino Texas Hold’em Champion. Therefore, the idea of playing Internet Poker was very appealing to me. It is likely very appealing to you as well, which is why you are reading this article. I have over two years of experience behind me in an online poker room. This article is a summary of my experience playing in that venue.

Legal Status

First let me say that playing on-line poker for money in the United States is illegal. There are millions of online, money player’s in this Country but it is all illegal. It is even illegal if you live in Nevada where poker is legal in the casinos. That is because all of the poker rooms are located outside of the United States usually offshore in the Bahamas, Central America and even in some European countries. The Federal Government is the reason why this is illegal. The law of the land prohibits gambling over the Internet. Most Casinos would love to have an online site. It is pure profit, no buildings to build, no dealers to pay, no neon lights to buy, no loss leader buffets to run to bring in the gamblers. Believe me they are lobbying hard but so far they are getting nowhere.

So why are so many people gambling online? The answer is because they can. There is up to this time, no enforcement by the Federal Government due to the simple fact that they can’t arrest, prosecute and pay for the jailing of so many people for what is basically a victimless crime. They have recently made it harder for people to use the online facilities by making the banks responsible if they perform a transaction related to online gambling. They are fined and most banks just hate that. Still if you want you can get around this by using illegal means of transferring money, you can.