A number of poker TV shows have been dropped from Fox programming according to a recent announcement. When the US government took action against a number of online poker rooms Fox and other networks moved to cancel poker shows. Following ESPN's example when they canceled their NAPT shows, Fox announced that they were pulling the Million Dollar Challenge and the PokerStars Big Game from their programing schedule. The only poker show that either network is likey to continue with is the World Series of Poker, but ESPN mentioned they would be pulling all advertising and signage that refers to online poker.

In 2010 the poker lobby rang up a $2 million bill trying to get online poker legalized in the United States. Mostly headed by the PPA, the poker lobby has become a strong force in America. Once labled a “grass roots” oganization, the Poker Player's Alliance has grown much, funded by poker pros and lead by Al D'Amato, a former United States Senator. The bill breaks down to $1.8 million spent on lobbying activities, getting the word out to the benefit of online poker

When the US shut down major poker rooms by siezing domain names they affected global buisness, something that Antigua wants the country to answer for. Many online poker sites are based in Antigua, and officials from there and other conutries are concerned. The officials are thinking of taking action to the World Trade Organization, saying that the actions of the United States last Friday were illegal. The history of debate between the US's actions in the online poker world and countries like Antigua goes back to the US passing of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.

When US President Barack Obama fielded questions hand picked by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, the potential list of questions was rife with online poker queries. The Facebook sponsored question and answer session gave poker players a shot at getting concerns addressed. Coming fast on the US attack on three major poker rooms, it is perhaps not surprising that the list of questions – all provided by Facebook users – contained more questions about the legalization of online poker than anything except questions about legalizing marijuana. The later was perhaps because the day the session took place was April 20th, or 420; jargon meaning time to smoke marijuana.

One of the eleven men arrested in conjunction with a crackdown on online poker in the US has been released. Monday a federal magistrate judge ordered the release of John Campos. John Campos is the co owner of SunFirst Bank, one of the organizations charged with breakign US law regarding payment processing and online poker rooms. Four poker rooms were directly targeted as trying to circumvent US online poker law, which focuses more on poker payments than poker players. Campos, a St. George resident, had to forfeit his passport as a condition of the release.

A number of online poker rooms have been locked out of US access by the United States government. The domain names for major poker rooms FullTilt Poker, PokerStars, Absolute Poker and UB.com have all be sized by the US Department of Justice. US poker players were blocked from many of the poker rooms shortly after and a number of major players in the online poker industry were arrested on Friday, including the founders of three of the poker rooms. In total eleven people were arrested. The details of how this will impact the online poker industry are still developing.

The Dutch government may shut down transactions between online poker players and online poker rooms. There is proposed regulation on online gambling that may enforce such a move. Prior to the application of the poker law the banks in Holland may be asked to block any and all gambling sites, leaving poker players without access to funds. Online gambling is illegal in Holland, and so the government is taking steps to enforce the law. The banks will get a list of online poker rooms and other online gambling sites that will be blocked.