U.S. Law Won't Stop Internet Gambling | IXGAMES

U.S. congress could still decide to roll back or modify the law. The Poker Players Alliance hopes to mobilize the 23 million online card players in this country into a powerful lobby to counteract opposition to online gambling. “Prohibition doesn’t work,” says Alliance president Michael Bolcerek. “The congress should have offered legislation that places a high priority on making sure that kids don’t play poker online, and address “gambling addiction.” Instead, Bolcerek says, “you’ll find sites that won’t abide by industry aims to safeguard the American public.” For now, online gamblers are cautiously making other plans. Lee Sullivan, of Alexandria, Virginia, says she might spend less time in front of the computer and more time at the corner bar shooting pool. “If it all goes away, it’ll be a bummer–but it won’t be the end of the world,” says Sullivan, who won a free trip to last August’s World Series of Poker after qualifying through the PokerStars site. “Still, I don’t see how the U.S. government can put the toothpaste back in the tube on this one.”