Party/Bwin - chances for r-entry to US market

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Right but "local" is such a relative term. Party Poker could easily open a business or buy out an existing one to satisfy most conditions for a local online casino/poker room.

The biggest problem is connecting the networks so that players can play against each other from across the globe. I don't mind forcing the companies to be local ones, but I really don't like it when players from one country can only play against each other. It limits the player pool unnecessarily and makes very little sense in an increasingly smaller world.

That said, I'll take anything over the status quo.

Very true. Half the fun of online poker for me was getting to play other players from across the globe. At first I thought it was the multi-tabling aspect of online poker that enticed me but I don't even think it was that because I will happily grind live poker now. Regulating it and then only being allowed to play players in your state/country just seems absurd.