Not too long PLB wrote about how the District of Columbia was set to become the first U.S. jurisdiction to have legal online poker.  Well, don’t bet on it.  The launch of the DC site has been delayed.  The alleged reason is to give D.C residents sufficient time to weigh in on where the “gambling hot spots” (it’s not like they are opium dens) can be located.  Please.  Let’s call a spade a spade.  This is a con to delay the launch because it would look bad to the federal government for the FEDERAL District of Columbia to make legal exactly what the feds recently took down, and are in the process of prosecuting.  We can do without the subterfuge.  Let’s cut out the BS and have an honest conversation.  We’re all adults.  Even if the government does not treat pokers players as them.

D.C., a federally run entity mired for decades in financial chaos, has decided to test the government;s anti-poker laws.  D.C. is permitting its lottery operator to start an online poker site.  There’s a huge article in the Wall Street Journal.  Check it out!  Sadly, I envision an injunction and long legal battle before the site becomes operational.