State of Poker in the USA
TOURNEFEUILLE, CA, June 30, 2010
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Online poker is one of those divergent topics among American citizens; some view it as a perfectly acceptable and entertaining pastime, if not a professional career move, while others continue to look down their noses at the whole idea of gambling over the Internet. Thus the state of online poker in the USA is still something greatly debated among players, non-players and public officials alike.
Rather than taking a side on the issue, the aim of InstantPoker.org is to provide an un-biased, factual editorial on the current circumstances revolving around online poker in the USA.
The most significant factor drawing more and more Americans to play online poker is the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) that takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Being the largest and most prestigious live poker tournament in the world, combined with the fact that it is televised on ESPN, it has grabbed the attention of many poker playing enthusiasts.
Who wouldn't want to be seated in 21 year old Joe Cada's position, or across the table from him as amateur poker player Darvin Moon, the first and second place winners of the 2009 WSOP respectively? Online poker gives average, every-day "Joes" the chance to win a seat in this coveted event, without paying the full $10,000 buy-in that many of us simply can't afford in today's shaky economy.
In 2010, the online poker traffic rate has seen a sluggish but steady growth when compared to the last few years. Prior to 2007, before the UIGEA was implemented, the annual online poker traffic growth rate from American customers alone was incredible, and though it has continued to rise each year, the numbers are not as formidable as they once were. But overall, the online poker traffic rate seems to be averaging about a 9% increase per annum.
One of the biggest issues facing USA online poker players is a lack of viable deposit options. Each year, new online payment processors pop onto the scene for US customers, and each year more and more of them choose to decline USA online poker transactions. For the moment, the best deposit options for USA online poker players are
credit cards (with about a 70% acceptance rate), cash transfers,
instant echecks, and
eWallet Express, one of the only long-standing online payment processors still accepting USA online poker transactions. For further information about
poker echecks, you can refer to
pokerecheck.org.
The general popularity of online poker in the USA continues to climb, and while it is not exactly illegal to play online poker (it is officially illegal for the payment processors to transfer the money, not for players to participate unless specified by state law), many poker enthusiasts remain timid about joining an online poker community for real money play. There are still plenty of
easy poker sites, referred to as the
fishiest poker rooms in the online poker world.
The US government seems to be on a direct path to regulate, license and tax the online poker industry, but there is no way to estimate just how long it could be before that could happen. All above mentioned topics considered, the full legalization of online poker in the USA would instigate quite an impressive boom in the online poker industry.
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