When will Congress look at Legalizing Online Poker?

We’ve heard for months that Congress is finally going to take a look at legalizing online poker yet nothing ever seems to happen.  Instead, we are bombarded by news articles going back and forth declaring that online poker will never be legal and also that the UIGEA is about to be repealed any day now.

Obviously, it’s tough telling who to believe and I only know one thing: this decision is taking a whole lot longer than anybody expected.  Sure I’d rather have Congress wait and make a good decision, but I would also like them to eventually look into the matter again.  Unfortunately, you can bet that Congress won’t be settling this issue at any near point in the future since they’ve decided to delay the vote on Barney Frank’s bill once again. 

This was announced a couple of days ago when Congress said that they have more important matters to deal with right now and probably won’t take a look at Frank’s bill until at least September.  What’s worse is that it could even be later than that since the House doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to resolve this issue.  This is especially bad timing considering New York’s decision to seize over $34 million belonging to poker players in one of the most baffling law moves in history.

All I know is that I’d like this injustice to be put to a halt sometime soon so that people can start playing online poker again without fear.