Party Gaming, in its interim financial reports, showed a sharp drop from market capitalization valued at $12-billion last year, to a dismal $2.5-billion. These figures reflect the sad fate of the online poker industry in the United States, despite the fact that industry experts are reporting that business is slowly picking up for these sites in a post-UIGEA era. Interest groups are doing their best to ensure that poker becomes recognized as a skills-based game and are pressuring Congress to make significant changes to what many see as archaic anti-gambling laws.