Pennsylvania Online Poker Going Intrastate After DOJ ruling
��The Pennsylvania Gaming Management Board (PGCB) has responded to the recent Division of Justice (DOJ) reversal of the interpretation of the Wire Act by issuing a letter to their casino licensees.

And the directive is not good information for online poker gamers and on the internet gamblers in standard in that state.

The letter sent from PGCB Executive Director Kevin O'Toole late last week says that casino operators venturing into the on the internet poker and casino market in the state must abide by the DOJ's new decision.

The DOJ's reversal of view on the Wire Act means that interstate gambling no matter whether it be on the web casino video games or poker is no longer legal. To abide by the new decision any individual working online casino or poker internet sites in Pennsylvania will require to stay solely in the state when carrying out business. This has wide repercussions for online poker.

What does it suggest for Pennsylvania on the internet poker and beyond?O'Toole stated in the letter from the PGCB Undoubtedly, the Wire Act applies to the interstate' transmission of (1) bets or wagers on sporting event and, as per the new Opinion, also to the interstate transmission of (two) wire communications with entitle the recipient to receive cash or credit as a result of a bet or wager, or (3) for information assisting in the placing of bets or wager.

Additional, it was stated: It is your obligation to comply with the federal law in all respects in establishing your gaming operations which need to now be fully intrastate.

Beneath the new Wire Act view the potential for Pennsylvania online poker rooms to share player liquidity with other state such as New Jersey and Nevada seems to be dead for now. The eight casinos that previously submitted applications to run on-line poker rooms in Pennsylvania did so prior to shared player liquidity was taken off the table.

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