If you play online poker in the United States you have probably heard that black Friday was going to be the end of your ability to play. While there were certainly reasons to worry the questions have to be has anything really changed and will you will still be able to play online poker if you live in the USA. The answer is that while online poker is illegal it is really hasn’t affected your ability to play if you want to.
Black Friday for those who don’t know occurred on April 15 when the government indicted the operators of the three largest poker sites in the world. The reason was that online gambling is illegal in the US and has been for years. 
Nevertheless millions of Americans gamble online all of the time and this is what the government is trying to stop. The real question is whether or not they are going to be successful and whether or not it is the end of online poker for players in the USA?
In general the belief is that black Friday is not going to have any real impact on online poker because the practice is so wide spread. While the operators of three online casinos were indicted there are hundreds of others that were not. In addition the government of the United States is eventually going to come to the realization that they can’t control the internet, although they will surely keep trying. Websites can be started up and moved as necessary to avoid enforcement of the laws. In all likelihood this will force the government to come up with a more practical approach to dealing with online gambling.
The other reason that it is unlikely that online poker is not likely to end in the US is that there are just so many players. The result is that running a site that caters to American players is hugely profitable and this will always give people and incentive to run these sites even if it does come with a small risk of indictment. The other thing is that the millions of online poker players are also voters and if enough them demand the right to play the government will eventually have to allow it.