PLAYERS:

Luckbox | Otis | G-Rob

About the Up For Poker Blog

Contact: pagemaster -@- upforanything.net

Online Poker
Bonuses:


PokerStars still accepts U.S. players

Use "First2008" bonus code for first-time desposit bonus!

Play Online Poker
Play Online Poker
100% Deposit Bonus

Nat Arem's Poker Blog

Up For Poker: The Nuts archive
Poker Resources

Poker News, Strategy, Resources
Poker Pro Blogs
Free PokerStars Avatars and Player Images
Poker hand nicknames

Poker Blogs:

wpbtchip.bmp
Up For Poker Blog Categories:

2006 WSOP
2007 World Series of Poker
2008 Belmont Stakes
2008 Kentucky Derby
2008 World Series of Poker
B&M Poker
Bad Beats
Betting the Ponies
Bradoween
Craps
Fantasy Sports
G-Rob's Thoughts
Home Games
Horse Racing
Internet Gambling Bill
Las Vegas
Lefty's Thoughts
Luckbox's Thoughts
NETeller News
Online Poker
Other Gambling
Otis' Thoughts
Pick 6
Playing For Fun
Playing For Money
PLO
Poker Blogger Tournaments
Poker Blogs
Poker in the News
Poker Law and Legal News
Poker Movies
Poker on TV
Poker Players
Poker Psychology
Poker Theory
Poker Web Sites
Pot Limit Omaha Strategy
Reading Material
The Nuts
The Playboy Mansion
Tournament Action
Tuff Fish Appreciation Society
Tunica Tales
UIGEA
Underground Games
Up for Poker News
WPBT Holiday Classic Trip


Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.


Play Poker Online at Full Tilt Poker

October 11, 2006

Breaking News: PokerStars Statement on Online Gambling Bill

by Luckbox

PokerStars isn't going anywhere!

Here is their statement:

As you are probably aware, the United States Congress recently enacted the Safe Port Act which contains provisions relating to Internet gambling.

PokerStars has received extensive expert advice from within and outside the U.S. which concluded that these provisions do not alter the U.S. legal situation with respect to online poker. Furthermore it is important to emphasize that the Act does not in any way prohibit you from playing online poker.

Therefore, our business continues as before - open to players worldwide including the US. You may play on our site as you did prior to the Act.

PokerStars believes that poker is a game of skill enjoyed by millions of players and we remain committed to providing you a safe and fun environment in which to play.

We value your loyalty to PokerStars, and look forward to continuing to serve you with the best online poker experience, as we have for the past five years, six billion hands, and 40 million tournaments.

PokerStars joins Full Tilt Poker in saying this bill will have no effect on our ability to enjoy our online poker experience. Party Poker sucked anyway, right?

| Internet Gambling Bill
Comments

Re-load!

Posted by: JoeSpeaker at October 11, 2006 6:06 PM

Great News,

I was playing on stars recently against a couple of American guys (I'm British by the way), and they were pretty down about the whole bill situation - and I started thinking it would be a real shame not to be able to play these guys - or any US citizens.
Good on Pokerstars - looks like Party have acted a little prematurely.

Posted by: the_cloud at October 12, 2006 6:28 AM

Shhhwwwwiiiiiiiiiiing!

Posted by: BSN at October 12, 2006 6:29 AM

I just may keep a little money on Stars now.

Posted by: Drizztdj at October 12, 2006 7:52 AM

PokerStars sooooo kicks ass. Now all they have to do is hire a kick ass Mexican Blogger from NYC to really help them tap into the Latino Market...cough!cough! Remember...Latin America is a big place.

Posted by: joaquinochoa at October 12, 2006 10:01 AM

Woo Hoo!
Back to the HORSE STTs...

Posted by: Proto at October 12, 2006 12:26 PM

The statement you have here and the statement in the link are different. Looks like they dropped the statement about the Act prohibiting us from playing online poker. It simply says that it does not prevent them from offering it.

Legal adjustment, maybe?

Posted by: Otit at October 12, 2006 9:39 PM
Poker Blog Main Page

Up For Poker Blog RSS

Up For Poker RSS Feed

Sponsors:

Poker Source Online Sign up for online poker via PSO and get free poker gifts! Pick from 12 rooms like Party Poker.


Sign up on Rakeback.org for the best rakeback including the highest Full Tilt Rakeback at 27%. If you prefer bonuses try PokerStars bonus code or Titan Poker bonus code instead.

Poker Forums

PokerHelper.com offers poker articles, poker bonus codes, poker news and a poker forum. Other popular pages: US poker sites, full tilt referral code and titan poker codes.


If you are interested in purchasing advertising on Up For Poker, limited space is still available. Please click here to contact the webmaster or send an email to: advertising@upforpoker.com.

Previous Hands:

November 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004
March 2004
February 2004
January 2004
December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003

Powered by:
Movable Type 4.1