Poker in USA has become a unique topic in the poker world because the poker capital Las Vegas is in USA, but still there are restrictions about playing poker in many states of the USA. Restrictions to play poker in USA is not to the level of having the play banned out of the scene, but to the level that some sites accept players from USA while some sites do not accept players from USA.  Some sites allow USA players to play for free and not for money and all such chaos is there.

Poker in USA has to be made strict because there were an increasing number of people who were able to produce fake details of their friends to play poker online.  Players that are not even 18 years old somehow mange to show up they are 18 years old and they start playing poker.  

There were reports of some players resigning their day jobs to play poker in USA for the full time.  Some of them of such who were skilled managed with the income to make their living because they really played a gainful game or because they had some other assets to support for their daily living methods.  

There were several others who did not have enough skill level to play poker, they did not have adequate bankroll to support their families, and finally they started to swipe out their credit cards for play and thereby increasing bankruptcy.  All these were recognized as a wrong code, which will in the long run spoil the culture of the country.  To prevent things from growing worse poker in USA is permitted within reasonable restrictions by the government.

Poker in USA can be played within legal limits under licensed sites.  Every poker site is looked at as an online gambling company by the law.  The money that is obtained by playing poker in USA is taxable and there is no rebate to gambling money.  The IRS is very strict about the need to show enough proofs of having played poker in USA by the player.  They ought to maintain a separate account for the gambling money and they are supposed to document every winning duly.