online gambling

As previously reported, the state of Nevada has been studying the possibility of creating an online gaming portal that would include poker.

"Long before the US Federal government passed the Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act (UIGEA), the State of Nevada was looking into the legalization and regulation of online gaming. The Nevada Legislature as early as 2003 tasked the Nevada Gaming Control Board with studying the question of Internet gambling and State regulation."

I have been reading all of the year end poker articles and blogs the past several days. You don't need me to give you another recap of the year in poker, so I thought I would look for the one single event or change that has taken place in poker that was the most significant happening in 2007. My pick:

Around the world, wherever governments have attempted to limit access or prevent access to online poker; wherever this has happened, the games have gotten harder to beat.