The funny thing is that the CNBC article does much more damage to online poker than the actual prosecution. The sites are very good at finding ways to get payme

The funny thing is that the CNBC article does much more damage to online poker than the actual prosecution. The sites are very good at finding ways to get payments to players and have managed to circumvent most attempts in the past. Online poker depends on new, bad players depositing money. Beginners are like plankton in the ocean--kill them and you kill everything up the food chain. When the media makes a big hooplah like "OMG people can't deposit their winnings" it spreads like wildfire by word of mouth at weekly poker games and before you know it, sign up rates take a major dip. In the long run, that's what going to kill online poker, not the legislation itself.