There has already been a significant trend towards packing up and exiting the United States for many professional levels of online poker room casino enthusiasts, the recent talk of passing a 2% tax on the deposits that are made in online poker rooms and casinos has increased the level of discontent among players.  With this tax, not necessarily the income, but the deposit and the bankroll in itself is taxed, and what must be considered to be the most unfair and poorly planned tax in the history of the nation.  Taxing the deposit that is made in online poker rooms has very little to do with the earnings that are generated there, as a player can deposit an almost limitless amount and then turn around and lose or win a completely different amount, sometimes vastly different amounts.  This awkward and impossible to sustain method of taxing the online poker players bankroll is as unpopular as it is difficult to understand.  By focusing on the player rather than the establishment, the historical precedent is set of going after the patron rather than the proprietor.  In the past, this has never occurred in all of the attempts of the United States government to attack online poker rooms and casinos and their ability to generate income on the web.

With all the focus on reducing the levels of competition and the ability to fund the online poker players bankroll, it is easy to see why so many professional level players who have literally thousands and possibly hundreds of thousands to lose with the reduced amount of capacity might consider leaving the country altogether as the best alternative to caving in to these extremely harsh regulations.  In many nations, online poker rooms and casinos are more than welcome as a method of generating wealth for proprietors and government ruling bodies as well.  Through realistic taxation of this type of revenue, participating governments can easily generate a tremendous amount of revenue through the taxation of the earnings in these types of poker rooms and casinos.  It is important to note that most areas with extremely friendly tax laws such as Costa Rica, Antigua and Aruba are most often frequented by these types of online poker rooms.  This is due to their extremely lenient taxation of poker rooms and casinos as well as an easy to comply with overall tax code and legislation that is favorable to online poker rooms.