My opinion (I’m not a lawyer either) is that the best thing for the affiliate industry is for online gambling to remain in legal gray area. If it becomes a federal crime to play online poker from your home, then the industry takes a hit from newbies afraid of prosecution and oldbies not wanting the hassle. This also opens the door for the DOJ to prosecute those American’s who they know are in the industry (ie: one of the owners of Party Poker, etc.). If it is legalized, then the big players from Las Vegas will move in quickly and dominate the industry with their well known and trusted brands. Think we will still get 25-40% from Harrahs and MGM?
I can’t see an ISP ban working either, that’s called censorship, plain and simple and just wouldn’t withstand a Constitutional challenge. That leaves a bill that basically says American banks and credit cards can’t fund your gambling account. This situation already exists and is the reason for Neteller becoming a publicly traded company.
Drakos was an idiot, he clearly violated the Wire Act, and even worse, met with people (finally an officer of the law) to take their bets. I think most everyone here knows that will get you in trouble. Not to mention he had his name, photo and phone number on his site.