Can US Poker Players Still Play Poker Online?

Following the passing of the UIGEA regulations in 2006, the online poker industry has seen a huge fall in publicity within the US states following the news that the government had passed a legal bill that now banned gambling online for residents within an increasing number of states.

Although there are a large number of players that have been effected by the passing of the regulation, there are online poker players that are based within certain states within the country that still have the ability to gamble freely online, just like they were able to before the government agreed the bill that has silenced many online poker sites from the American online poker market.

The bill did not only affect the players that lived within the states that accepted the new law but also the online poker rooms that were offering their games to the players that were playing the game online, swiftly being followed by an event that shook the online poker industry even harder than many could have imagined.

On a day that has been given the name ‘Black Friday’ three of the leading online poker rooms had their domain names seized and their accounts frozen as the Department of Justice looked into their activities in relation to the taking of bets from players within banned states, leaving players without access to their accounts or their funds for over a week.

Poker rooms like PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker were two of the biggest hit sites, with Full Tilt Poker being exposed to have been leaking money to their financial and professional backers, something that has left players worried where their money is going.

Black Friday has not affected UK poker players other than a drop in the traffic numbers that were biggest evident on sites like PokerStars, but with a new improved PokerStars Marketing Code that secures a larger poker bonus than ever.