President Bush signs “Port Security”. Law against online gambling and poker!
According to a report by ABC News, President Bush has the “Port Security Act signed in which the” Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act “. Thus, this law as expected in force and is legally valid.
“We will protect our ports. We will protect our homeland and we will this war against terror,”
The President made some further remarks about the Port Security elements of the new law while he signed the law package, but he mentioned in any way that parts of this Act, also the online gambling is concerned.
As soon as he heard this news had tried the reporter an account at Party Poker. PartyPoker had announced that until further notice no more players from the U.S. will accept. During the attempt to enter, a window to what was told that PartyPoker, because of planned maintenance work, not reachable. It is expected that after the planned maintenance, real money games for players from the U.S. are no longer available.
We will keep you informed of further developments in the loop.