DOJ reversal isn't sure thing for online gaming

[The Buzz]

The GamingWire's Howard Stutz says that although Internet poker will continue to be at the forefront of gaming news in the coming 12 months, everyone needs to "breathe." That being said, the DOJ's reversal on how it views the Wire Act will have a major impact on the online gambling debate in the U.S. in 2012.

From the GPWA:

The legal opinion is just that, an opinion rendered by attorneys in the Obama administration's Justice Department. A new presidential administration could toss the opinion aside with yesterday's junk mail. A federal judge might render the opinion moot.

"You need to take a step back and look at this in context," said attorney Greg Gemignani of Lionel Sawyer & Collins, an expert on Internet gaming law. "This is not a green light to fire up the online poker servers by any means."

However, Gemignani said the Department of Justice has clarified what individual states can and can't do in regards to Internet poker. Gambling Compliance predicts at least a half-dozen U.S. states are considering legalizing some form of Internet wagering in 2012.

[Anthony]

A federal judge might render the opinion moot...

Oh that's right, the judicial branch of Government really runs things.