Since the Code Camp session I attended Saturday, I find myself surrounded by poker references. I knew I worked in a poker rich environment (most of the people I work with play alot.) The other day, while discussing a serious business issue with three other people, they made a poker analogy that everyone got but me.

Now I keep seeing media references. I have a subscription to wired (exclsuively for reading while waiting for coffee to brew - I keep it next to the coffee machine just for when I am too lazy to bring my latop downstairs), and noticed this article right away, when I first cracked open the August addition this morning. Today, while looking for something completely different, I found this and this.

I am feeling really left out (but probably not as broke) being a poker illiterate.

 

Facts:

• I live in Washington.
• It is illegal to post links to online poker sites in Washington.
• If someone comment spams me (see below image) with links to illegal poker sites, am I going to get in trouble?

I hope the answer is that the above mentioned law is struck down by something like this happening to someone, or the state turns it's infinite internet montioring powers to good by stopping comment spammers.

Neither outcome is likely, but one can hope.

Update: I've already gotten my first illegal comment to this post! It contains hundreds of links to illegal (in washington) gambling sites. I wonder if I should alert the authorities. Hmm...