华盛顿禁止玩真钱扑克

　　最近，华盛顿总部禁止华盛顿的玩家在网上赌场玩真钱扑克，这一消息给那些总部设在华盛顿的娱乐公司带来了很大的震惊。这则新闻指出，最高法院对此做出了裁决，规定在华盛顿州玩在线游戏将被判处C类重罪。这项法律规定，在华盛顿，如果玩家在网上赌场玩在线游戏，这些赌徒将会被罚款高达10,000元，同时被判有期徒刑5年。这个消息非常令人不安，并且让人感觉到这对玩在线扑克的玩家非常不公平，因为由性侵犯而犯下的严重罪行在华盛顿受到的惩罚也是一样。

　　此前，新闻报道也证实，扑克之星网上赌场禁止所有华盛顿在线扑克玩家在其网站上玩游戏。华盛顿州最高法院这种激烈的反在线游戏网站的行为在两个月前实施，与此同时，扑克之星成为第一个禁止所有来自华盛顿扑克玩家在在线扑克室玩真钱扑克的网站。Full Tilt 扑克网站现在已经跟从扑克之星的脚步，留给这类玩家的游戏选项非常少。

　　然而，Full Tilt 扑克网站有一个做法与扑克之星设置的禁令存在巨大差异。扑克之星禁止华盛顿的在线扑克玩家在他们设在华盛顿总部的网站玩真钱扑克，而Full Tilt 扑克网站则允许华盛顿的居民在华盛顿州之外的地方玩在线扑克。

　　对于玩家来说，他们都希望能够参加世界扑克锦标赛，同时期望能够在别的国家拥有自己的房子。对一个职业扑克选手来说，他们可以在一些对在线扑克有着不同看法的国家玩游戏，在那些国家，扑克玩家会受到友好的对待。

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　　Washington Poker Players Banned from Playing Real Money Poker

　　Full Tilt Poker recently shocked the online poker community of Washington by banning all Washington-based poker players from playing real money poker on the site. This news follows the announcement of the Supreme Court ruling which stated that online gaming was a class C felony in the state of Washington. This law allows for online gamblers in Washington to be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced for a period 5 years; this news was seen as disturbing and unfair by the online poker community because an offence as serious as sexual assault is also a class C felony and draws the same punishment in Washington.

　　Earlier, news reports also confirmed that PokerStars had also banned all online poker players of Washington from playing on their site. The Washington State Supreme Court took this intensely anti online gaming stand two months ago and PokerStars was the first online poker room to ban all Washington poker players from playing real money poker. Full Tilt Poker has now followed in the footsteps of PokerStars, leaving players with few options.

　　However, there is a huge difference between the ban imposed by PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. While PokerStars prevents Washington-based online poker players from playing real money poker at their site, Full Tilt Poker permits residents of Washington to play real money poker only when they are out of the borders of the state.

　　This is one ray of hope for poker players who have to travel to participate in poker tournaments or those who decide to purchase a house in another state. The slight change makes a load of difference for a professional poker player who can simply set up residence in a state that is friendlier to poker players.