In 2006, Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) that tried to equate online poker players with terrorists and international criminals. The politicians attacked online poker and tried to take away our right to play. But they failed. Millions of Americans continue to play on unlicensed and unregulated sites where there are no American law enforcement or consumer protections against cheating, identity theft or online fraud.

Some Washington politicians even threatened to make it a FEDERAL CRIME for YOU to play online. That would give Federal agents the right to enter your home, confiscate your computer, violate the privacy of your banking and financial records and subject you to Federal prosecution and criminal penalties -- just for exercising your right to play online poker.

But now, enlightened political leaders around the country are joining poker players to remedy this dangerous situation by seeking to legalize online poker on a state-by-state basis - explicitly permitted by UIGEA's "intrastate exemption" -- as the best way protect players and our right to play.