Letter to the Editor

The government’s bad bet against online poker

Jul 18, 2012 09:54 PM EDT

The Washington Post

While our nation’s leaders discuss how they will fix our economy and grow jobs, it is infuriating to know that a Maryland native who recently won big in the 2012 World Series of Poker has been forced to live in Canada because of our government’s outlawing of online poker [“Md. college dropout wins a million bucks in World Series of Poker,” Metro, July 15].

By prohibiting online play, our country’s misguided laws are driving honest taxpayers to other countries, where they can use their skills to earn a living. Instead of restricting our freedoms, Congress should license and regulate online poker so that the revenue and jobs it creates could contribute to our country’s welfare.

Larry Maske, Coltons Point, Md.

The writer is Maryland state director of the Poker Players Alliance.

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