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There are plenty of states were poker rooms or private poker is legal (California, for instance), here's a map of poker rooms: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyeLgfGbpivBggR1qXDoTKwNnQrqnLX953Sw3UKh9QWEZwP7_pe-KJQbA&s=10 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTyeLgf... Also, many people, who play poker semi-professionally, travel and play poker rooms in places like Mexico, Austria, Czechia, etc.