Online Poker On Par With Child Pornography in Washington State
Filed in archive Gambling General by jo on June 2, 2006

or not - so they've gone ahead and done it themselves.From June 7, if you're found playing poker online you'll be committing a Class C felony - thats a $10,000 fine or up to 5 years in prison.
To put this new law into perspective, a Class C felony covers child pornographers, drug dealers and identity thieves.
So for those Seattle gamblers, playing a hand of blackjack on the internet is really that bad.
Time to move state.
Article: Washington State Law Change Makes Online Poker Players Felons
Permalink: Online Poker On Par With Child Pornography in Washington State
Tags:
poker
gambling
Trackback: http://www.creative-weblogging.com/cgi-bin/mt-tb.pl/23495

Mr Wong
