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[QUOTE="nevadanick, post: 1108229, member: 27547"]
Not quite. The Feds have not taken up the subject of gambling, and especially not one specific area like just 'poker'. In a very broad sense, US law is supposed to be for the protection and/or benefit of the 'general public' nationwide. Individual subjects are then left to the states to govern their own people in that state, commonly referred to as 'local issues'.
 
Since Congress apparently does not want to address such an issue that would draw intense fire from the public, they tend to make requirements and laws affecting the things they CAN control and place penalties on - like banks, etc. That way, the public cannot be penalized and was unlikely the public would jump through hoops to defend banks, even though it indirectly affected them too.
 
Just my opinion, but I would suggest that trying to stop the transfer of money/cash outside the US in obscene proportions to offshore gaming sites was the driving force behind the UIGEA.
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