Legal US Online Poker News

Are you looking for legal poker sites that accept players from the United States? To date there are no online poker sites that operate in the United States but this could soon change. There are two ways that online poker and other forms of online gambling can be legalized either on the state or federal level.

States Passing Laws (State by State)

There are currently bills in various states that would allow online poker sites to legally operate. The states are Iowa, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey and California. The bills would allow players from the state to legally play at licensed and regulated online poker sites. Players would only be able to play with players from their state.

Federal Government Passing Poker Legislation

This are numerous pieces of legislation that have been introduced to congress to legalize online poker for the entire country. Barney Frank and Harry Reid have both introduced and are actively perusing legislation on a federal level. The bills would allow players who reside in the United States to play against each other no matter the state but would not allow residents outside the United States to play at the poker sites.