Last Thursday, South Point Poker LLC was approved by Nevada Gaming Commission and became first U.S. casino operator to be licensed to operate a real-money poker website. So what makes this inaugural member so special? South Point Poker LLC is not only a developer of its own online poker gaming software, it also currently holds licenses as an interactive gaming manufacturer and as a a service [...] Read more » The First Operators in the U.S. Have Received Licenses for Real-Money Online Poker
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Very interesting.
I think that's a move of confidence for poker players that U.S. based poker is available instead of some s**t that operates out of Gibraltar or somes**t.
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Sounds like good news for US players. Hopefully this will be the first step in allowing US players to be back playing online poker on their site of choice. I keep my fingers crossed.
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This is hopefully the first step towards getting those american fishes... Erm... Players back to the tables! I sure miss playing against some of them. Some players over there have a very interesting style...
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I played at similar site. Not nice, cause I got the prize as a gift card ( visa debit card ). And I couldn't use it at shop or merchant .For internet use, just paypal a long as I know and could't use to deposit at gaming site. That site just nice for US citizen.
I really suspect those wanting US players to be allowed to play on PS will be disappointed. PS have blatantly ignored and in fact broken the laws on online gaming consistently. It wasn't until the DOJ took the most extreme measures that they stopped taking US players.
I really believe that PS will never be granted a license in the US, simply because they've done too much to upset the DOJ in the past.
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Well regarding Pokerstars and US players, only future will tell us. But in the end they paid all players and settled the deal regarding FullTilt with the DOJ, so maybe this will help.
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