September
28th 2007
Is the Grass Greener on the Other Side? Online Poker Players Consider Leaving the US

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Competing in online poker rooms and casinos such as Fulltiltpoker.com does not get any easier with all the effort by the government to crack down on players abilities to compete in these types of Internet-based poker rooms.  Laws and regulations aimed at making it more and more difficult to function as a gambling entity on the Internet are continuously passed all the time by the United States government in an attempt to effectively combat the online poker rooms and casinos and their ability to conduct business inside the United States.  While it is already illegal to operate an online poker room and casino such as Fulltiltpoker.com from inside the United States, even those players in the United States who wish to play at online poker rooms based in areas such as Antigua, Aruba and Costa Rica will be having a very hard time soon, as the United States government will eventually assess a 2% tax on the poker deposits that are made in online poker rooms and casinos in the form of the players bankroll.  With this precedent setting attack on the consumer s and clientele of online poker rooms and casinos, the United States government makes it clear that they are willing to focus on the end user, a previously sacrosanct target for the government lawmakers.

 

With all of this effort to restrict the players abilities to enjoy online poker rooms and casinos, it is no wonder that many players are considering leaving the United States altogether.  This might seem like a strange and counterproductive move on the part of the player, but when considering the amounts of money that players earn on a regular basis in online poker rooms and casinos such as Fulltiltpoker.com, this type of logic makes perfect sense.  Lifting the limits on the amount of money that a player can make has much to do with leaving the United States altogether, as it is the United States that has continued to levy difficult to live with regulations and restrictions, while other countries rarely follow suit, hoping to attract all of the disenchanted United States-based online poker players and gamblers.

 

As the United States becomes more and more restrictive towards online poker rooms and casinos, the international community grows more and more lenient, offering a ready outlet for players who are tired of the United States interference in their favorite online poker rooms and casinos.

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