Good luck putting this Genie back in the bottle.

The sad thing is, they’ll probably try to ”make an example” out of some poor schmuck playing 25 cent Texas Holdem who didn’t know his way around a proxy server.

Stupid Laws seem to be an epidemic these days.

From PokerMag.COM:

Now A Felony In The State Of Washington To Play Poker On The Internet

As of June 7, it is now a felony in the state of Washington to play poker on the Internet. The bill, S.S.B. No. 6613, has stirred up great anxiety in poker forums. Many feel, correctly, that they have been blind-sided. I searched the databases of Washington newspapers and could find almost nothing written about the law as it was making its way through the Legislature. In fact, when the Seattle Times published an article about bills to make Internet gambling a crime, it only mentioned proposals pending in Congress.

Now, players are worried that they might get arrested. Some are trying to organize political committees to get the new law changed.

(more here)