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The above comment about the supposed difference between online poker and online sports betting is simply wrong. For more than two years now, poker has tried to go their own way in Washington DC, with the message that 'we're not like the others - casino and sports betting - we're a skill game...we shouldn't even be in this mess!' It has not worked. As far as anyone who is an opponent of internet gambling is concerned, poker is just the same as sports and casino. Protesting to the contrary is a waste of time, burns bridges with the rest of the industry, and frankly makes poker players look like a bunch of kool-aid drinking zealots. As far as the US government and law enforcement are concerned, online poker violates the wire act. Wishing it to be otherwise doesn't make it so. It's even the case offline: in NYC, cops bust up underground poker rooms at a bigger rate than underground bookies. The only one in "dream land" is someone so blinded by their fervor that they cannot see that everyone - poker, casino and sports - are all in the same boat, and they all need to support each other if they want to get somewhere with the government.