So we have another huge change in the egaming landscape as the US prepares to allow online casino and poker. But, as ever, all that glitters is unlikely to be gold. Firstly,we must not now assume it’s a foregone conclusion. There is a long way to gowhich, at best, will take a year and, should it take longer, could literallyget timed out. However, for the purposes of this article, let’s assume the optimists are right and the bill goes through as it stands.

Right off the bat the small print makes very interesting reading and it would appear that some of the conditions have been designed to deliberately exclude some of the biggest players in the market.