'60 Minutes': Online poker illegal in the U.S. Video
'60 Minutes': Online poker illegal in the U.S. Video Transcript
>> We should tell you that online poker is illegal in the U.S., but the ban is almost impossible to enforce; since the Internet sites and the computers that randomly deal the cards and keep track of the bets are located offshore beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. law enforcement. In unlike land-based casinos, there is almost no official regulation, enforcement, or supervision; but it hasn't stopped thousands of mostly young men from making this their livelihood. Podd would tell us, a former computer scientist, turned Poker pro, says you no longer have to go to Vegas to find a high stakes game.
>> Here you can do it from your own living room; you don't have to get dressed, you don't have to do anything. It's right there on your computer.
>> Watella [assumed spelling] says online Poker is much different; faster, more aggressive and less personal.
>> You're not looking at somebody sitting across the table. You're just playing the cards that tumble out of the computer.
>> Not only are you not looking at your opponents, you're not looking at the cards being dealt, you're not looking at who's dealing them to you; so you don't know if the whole thing is legitimate. Even if all the players sitting with you are just as legitimate as you are, maybe the whole game isn't. [ Sound effects ]
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