Is it really Black Friday (the 13th)?

Today, the President signed the Safe Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006, which many may know includes the attached Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in the final hours before the end of the session. Who would veto a safe port act....hmm? I don't blame the President...what can he do?

I blame Bill Frist. I won't even glamourize him here....I'll just post the picture to the right.

Well, all is not lost. Partypoker is likely pulling out of the US Market (and losing my business), but FullTilt, PokerStars, and Interpoker will now catch my eyes. FullTilt has rackeback, which may be better for me than bonuses....I've paid an incredible amount of rake.

The article below gives more details. Cardplayer has been at the forefront w.r.t. reporting this issue.

Below courtesy of Cardplayer.com

President Signs Unlawful Internet Gambling Act
Bush Really Signed the Safe Port Act with Unlawful Internet Gambling Act Attached
President Bush today signed the port security bill that also includes legislation to limit the ways online poker fans can deposit money into their favorite accounts.
The official name of the bill is the Safe Accountability for Every Port Act of 2006. On the last Friday in September, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist worked into the night to get the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGE) attached to the port act. Congress passed the act nearly unanimously in the last vote before an extended election-year recess.
Earlier that week, Frist tried to get the UIGE attached to a major defense spending bill, but both Republican and Democrats spoke out against this action because of the importance of the defense spending bill.
Several online sites, including PartyPoker and 888.com, said they will stop allowing real-money players located in America to play on its sites after Bush signed the bill.
Other sites like PokerStars, Absolute Poker, Bodog and Full Tilt said they will still do business with Americans in the U.S. even after Bush signed the bill into law.
Click here to read a story about the act’s passage, and click here to visit CardPlayer.com’s archive of legislation articles.