Government vs. People: Their say on Online Poker Gambling

The fight for the legalization of online poker gambling is all over the place. Government says no, people says go. In this game of tug-of-war, both parties have been pulling the ropes hard, but who’s arguments can “out pull” the other?

The government says no to online poker gambling. Laws have been implemented to clamp down online poker playing – laws like the Security and Accountability For Every (SAFE) Port Act, an act covering port security and to which an online gambling measure was added to the last moment, and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, an act prohibiting on acceptance of any payment instrumental for unlawful internet gambling.

But how could the government stop online poker gaming when it could help the country’s economy? That’s the online poker community talking.

The Poker Players Alliance, on the other hand, keeps on pushing for the bill to legalize online poker gambling with the help of some state representatives. Rep. Barney Frank introduced a bill that would legalize online poker gambling. The legalization of online poker playing would, as they propose, help the country’s economy through the revenues they would earn from online poker playing. The online poker population has grown enormously the past years and could still possibly grow in the years to come. More poker players who would want to put up an amount of money for online poker gaming would mean more revenue. Still, the bills introduced still remain as bills.

The government isn’t riding in this proposal, but the online poker gambling community wouldn’t back off without putting up a fight. Would the government only agree to the people when the country’s economy would drastically go down? Only time could really tell which argument would finally out pull the other in the game of online poker gambling legalization tug-of-war.