Hope this is good news

[wagon596]

Got this from another fourm,,,,

Today Federal District Court Judge Jack Weinstein handed down a ruling that poker was predominately a game of skill and not chance and therefore is not covered by federal gambling laws. The ruling is a legal victory for Lawrence Dicristina, a businessman who sold electric bicycles and operated a poker club in the back room of his Staten Island warehouse. Dicristina was charged with violating the Illegal Gambling Business Act, federal law intended to crack down on organized crime.
Judge Jack Weinstein wrote,
"In poker," he wrote, "increased proficiency boosts a player's chance of winning and affects the outcome of individual hands as well as a series of hands. Expert poker players draw on an array of talents, including facility with numbers, knowledge of human psychology, and powers of observation and deception."
Weinstein noted that poker has a long history in the United States, "embraced by many of our political leaders and other public figures," including former Supreme Court Justices William O. Douglas, "a regular at President Franklin Roosevelt's poker parties," and Fred Vinson, who played the game with President Harry S. Truman

[rrickir]

i guess we,ll see. yea, this article has been all over the innternet tday and i think someone poosted it in chat before too)) so theres hope..

[Drywallman3]

sad part is the headline. Wagon your monies won and ITM% is awesome. Good news has always been you proving time and time again that this is not donkeyville, you can as others and come and either ITM or win!!!!!

[StackSnack]

Any public or political figure is a gain for our side! I am always pleased to see when intelligence prevails over fear and ignorance!

[wagon596]

Any public or political figure is a gain for our side! I am always pleased to see when intelligence prevails over fear and ignorance!

Amen to that

[MIGO14]

Sounds to me at least not like bad news.

[billyjustin]

not sure how this applies to anything. maybe a big deal for new yorkers cause poker is legal here in california.

[abwil2]

Yeah i posted that in chat yesterday, well posted a link to it. Its funny how they (our gov) can screw us over time and time again but yet a money making idea is right there and has been, yet they act like its the worst possible thing they could ever do. But its ok for lottery's and casinos everywhere and illegals taking over the country lowering the wages..

[royalpat]

online poker will be another issue but at least it is a start in nys

[beerzy]

Not only good news for USA but for poker all over the world...
Cause poker is seen as a luck game all over the world...