/24-7PressRelease/ - November 23, 2006 - In the two months that have passed since Senator Frist's law has passed, a lot has happened in the US. The Republicans heavily lost the midterm elections for one.
Now it may be entirely coincidental, but you can't help feeling that for many law-abiding Americans, to be suddenly told that one of their favourite pastimes was now illegal might have contributed to them changing their vote.
Still, many Americans are still playing online, using websites like http://unitedstatesofpoker.blogspot.com to find out where to play, and it's a legal grey area, as nobody knows for sure if they are breaking the law or not.
The 'Safe Port' law prohibits American Financial Institutions from performaing transactions with Online Gaming Sites. This would seem that it is not against the law to play online, but it's illegal for your bank to fund the poker site.
However, 'E-wallets' like Neteller act as a go-between, meaning you can deposit your money into Neteller, and then fund your account using Neteller. It's like a gamblers version of PayPal in essence. Neteller acts under UK law and hasn't been cited by the US government for any wrong-doing so far.
Still, a lot of Poker sites have stopped accepting US players, including the market leader, Party Poker. They are now concentrating on gaining as much of the European market as possible.
Lots of sites are still accepting US players, and a website (http://unitedstatesofpoker.blogspot.com) has spent a few weeks researching the best US friendly players. It has reviews of the major ones and a list of minor sites and is the best place to find out the latest news on the ban.
It also has a link to the Poker Players Alliance, a group which has been set up to protect the interests of US poker players.
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