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Poker has unquestionably come into the mainstream, with a Harvard law professor advocating that it be developed as a mind sport and organizers in London hosting a November celebration of poker as a thinking person's endeavor. However, despite its wide cultural acceptance and incredible prospects for tax revenue benefits, online poker still remains illegal in the U.S. "It's time for this country to pull its head out of this antiquated mindset and begin collecting taxes on the estimated $1.4 billion in U.S. revenue that's now going overseas because people want to play a simple game of poker," says Chris Flood, a white-collar crime defense lawyer from Houston's Flood & Flood, who has handled gambling cases. "We're behind the rest of the world legally. Our citizens, law professors and others play poker, yet our country pretends it's a crime to deal a game online." For more information, contact Mary Flood at 800-559-4534 or mary@androvett.com.