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Best Poker Rooms accepting US players

On this page we list all the best poker rooms on the Internet that accepts US players. At Pokerfox.com we always keep track of which online poker rooms that accept US players and update this page on a regular basis, so be sure to check back often for the latest information regarding US player friendly poker rooms. The poker rooms listed below are sorted by overall rating, bonuses, online poker tournaments, special features and more.

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Poker Room
 

Rating

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# 1
Full Tilt Poker
5.0
$600
# 2
PokerStars
4.5
$600
# 3
UltimateBet
4.0
$1100
# 4
Carbon Poker
4.0
$500
# 5
Cake Poker
4.0
$500

Information about the UIGEA

In 2006 the American Congress passed the the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). Since then there have been lots of speculation on how this will impact on online poker players from all around the world. The UIGEA makes it illegal for online gambling sites to accept funds or wagers from the United States if the gambling activity violates existing federal, state or tribal law. The law does not make the player responsible in any way, but makes the site responsible for accepting funds or wagers associated with illegal Internet gambling.

As an online poker player located in the United States, you are not violating the UIGEA or any other federal law, but you may be violating state or tribal law depending on the laws of the state or Native American Reservation where you are located. It is the player's responsibility to determine the legality of playing Internet poker under the law where he is located.

It should be made clear that UIGEA in no way decides if online poker is legal in the US or not. The goal with the UIGEA is to stop banks and other financial institutions to process money transactions that has to do with gambling. In other words, the UIGEA aims to make it harder for us players to fund their poker accounts and withdraw money from a poker site to a us bank account.

What also matters is the claiming that online poker is illegal in the US since earlier. This claiming often refers to the The Wire Act from 1961. This act prohibits spots betting, but it is uncertain if the act also regulates online poker and casino gambling. Even the politicians supporting the UIGEA have admitted that there are uncertainties about the wire act. What effect this act will finally have on the online gambling in the future is not entirely clear yet.

A number of poker rooms however have decided to take a chance and are allowing players from the us. These poker rooms accepting us player are also listed on this site. Most notable of those rooms are solid poker rooms like PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.

Finally we should mention that the The UIGEA only affect US players. European players have not been stopped from playing online poker because of this act. However, European players will also be affected by the loss of us players.