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I often deride governments around the world that don’t allow online poker to be legalized, or that demonize against gambling in general. Similarly, I must also praise governments that have the good sense to allow law abiding poker players to play online and in card rooms. I was reading an interesting article online about the forthcoming Australia New Zealand Poker Tour. The person writing the article was talking about the upcoming event, what games they were going to play, and in general the Australia/New Zealand poker scene.

I in fact learned that New Zealand (not a particularly large country) has casinos in five cities across the country. So no matter where you live in New Zealand, you likely don’t have to travel all that far to play poker (unline, for example, in the United states, where one could conceivably be several hundreds of miles away froma gambling site). Even better, I learned that online poker is perfectly legal in New Zealand, and many of its citizens enjoy it.

Now, isn’t this refreshing? A country that realzies that online poker is a game of skill that is enjoyed by law abiding citizens for a little bit of luxury. And the country probably reaps the benefit from taxes by any online site that is based in New Zealand.

I always knew the country that gave us “the Lord of the Rings” movies would be a smart, sensible place to live.