This is great news, although is sort of destroys some plans I was toying with.
My parents live in the Seattle area, and my wife and kids and I are planning on visiting this summer as part of our vacation plans. So, I've been thinking about issuing press releases announcing I was going to play poker online while at my parent's house. Making a special point to copy all of the enforcement agencies, and getting our reporters to get reactions from them.
If they completely ignored a very publicized incident, that would probably be pretty newsworthy, and certainly if I was arrested for illegal gambling that would be pretty newsworthy. Especially since, I was planning to just be playing poker online in the free play area of a site so I couldn't actually be convicted of a felony.
I never asked my wife (or my attorney) what they thought of the idea, but personally I was finding the idea pretty irresistible.
Michael
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