Full Tilt Poker teams with Fertitta Interactive

March 31st, 2011

Full Tilt Poker teams with Fertitta Interactive

The team of Fertitta Interactive and Full Tilt Poker partnered last year in an agreement to work together to legalize online poker rooms. The partnership is expected to be announced Thursday. This is the second pairing of a traditional brick and mortar casino and an online mega giant poker room to be announced in a week.
The unification of the companies proves new tactics are needed in the effort to regulate online poker. The argument from the poker rooms, the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) and poker players around the country is that poker is a game of skill. This exempts poker from the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
Currently, Wynn Resorts Ltd. and PokerStars are lobbying in the state of Nevada for legislation that would make an online poker room available to Nevada residents. The partnership is encouraging lawmakers to license, regulate and tax online poker rooms.
Should this and other measures like this pass, the federal government will be forced to reevaluate the status of poker with regard to the law.