Legalizing online poker? Will WSOP online site every offer real money games?

With the pending ruling for legalization of online poker (wether its tomm or 5 years) what effect will it have will the big boys FTP, PS just continue to dominate even more or will sites like WSOP swoop in and real money games and take over. What will happen any predictions??? Any real news from this?Legalizing online poker? Will WSOP online site every offer real money games?
There is no telling what the industry will do if legalization happens. Determination of whether or not poker is more a game of skill or luck has presently been a cause of contention from state to state when debating on whether or not to legalize.



If legalization happens, I wouldn't doubt that WSOP as a brand will get into the game. It only makes sense since it is the most recognizable tournament in poker. They will want to bank on that online. I also wouldn't doubt if they merge with an already established poker site to make a more seamless transition.



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It's tough to say. This is a very open ended question subject to opinion and conjecture.



Harrah's (the owners of the WSOP franchise) has been positioning themselves to become a factor in the online poker space. They hired a former executive from Party Poker to run their online operations. There are rumors about Zynga becoming a huge presence as well. Party Poker paid 9 figure fines to wipe their hands clean of their wrongdoings in the past presumably to lead the way for their comeback in the US market. FTP and Stars have been very active in the Poker Player Alliance (theppa.org) and helped markup the bill that overturns the UIGEA and will hopefully legalize (and regulate and provide tax revenue from) online gambling.



Predictions? There will be another poker boom, followed by a consolidation just like there was in 2003-2006. I think FTP, Stars, Party and Zynga will continue be the big players (although Zynga may have a very rough transition in becoming a real money site). I don't know much about Harrah's goals, but I think they will need to buy an existing poker network to be a player.



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I think it will legalize online poker sooner or later. This is a competition world. So they have to learn from others and must provide the facilities that they are providing and it is good.

You can take example of Google, the father of search engine. Seeing Facebook's Success it is also starting it own social media named Google ME.

As soon as google has mentioned their Google TV, Apple launched their own TV service.

So they have to provide they facilities that others are providing and are good.
I think poker will be legalized sooner rather than later as the government is missing out on a tax niche from income from poker play (or something like that)

It'll be interesting to see what this means for the future of online poker and the many websites that people play on.

I mean, would you play online poker that can be monitored while at the same time you could play offline and no one would ever have to know how much you made?



At the moment I play on http://nl.888poker.com/ and have done for years. I hope I will be able to continue after the legalization.Legalizing online poker? Will WSOP online site every offer real money games?
There's no way to predict what will happen if online poker is legalized in the US. It depends tremendously on the structuring of the law.



It could play out in the less-than-optimum way that it's playing out in France. The French can only play online against other French players through dedicated versions of Pokerstars, Full Tilt and others. http://www.gambling911.com/poker/partypo鈥?/a>



It could be broken down further into state franchises. Ugh.



Most of us players hope that all the big poker domains will remain open and we can continue to play against people around the world, but who knows?