Online poker has become one of the most important sports in the world. In 2010, the last full year of online poker, there were over 6 million active uses (Fiedler). On April 15, 2011, the day that would come to be known as “Black Friday,” the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) indicted and seized all major online poker sites. The DOJ cites in Continuing Resolution 10.336 that its actions were intended to protect the public and that various laws, such as the Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA), state how gambling is illegal . It can be mathematically proven that online poker is a game of skill and does not fall under the ambiguity of the UIGEA. Online poker is not a “game of chance” and it should be legalized and regulated for national economic growth. The afternoon of April 15, 2011 was the day the United States Department of Justice sent letters of indictment to major online poker sites; essentially destroying the online poker community and ecosystem. The charges cited in 10 Cr. 336 were violations of the law against the UIGEA, which allowed the U.S. Department to ...