I think there are some Americans that own a piece of Pinnacle. I think that these guys would be in jeopardy of being in big trouble if Pinny continues to take bets from America. My guess is that these guys probably made a deal with our government to stop taking bets from America in exchange for not being prosecuted.
Any books that are owned by Americans will have to stop taking bets from America unless the owners don't plan on living here ever again.
Any books that are publicly traded companies are not going to take bets from America. If a company is publicly traded(such as Party Poker), they need to be squeaky clean. They can't be taking bets from America if it is against the law in America.
The good news is that I think that as long as a book is not owned by Americans and as long as a book is not publicly traded, I think the book will probably continue to take bets from America.
I think even a few books that are owned by Amercians will continue to take bets as long as the owners never plan on coming back here. I think that is the case with a few of the books. If I'm not mistaken, I think one of the owners of Bodog can never return here. In that case, he has no reason to obey the new law. There is nothing they can do to him as long as he never comes back here.
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