Washington, D.C., is poised to become the first place in the U.S. to allow online poker, challenging the federal government’ effective ban on the practice in its own backyard. The city council approved a budget last year allowing the district’s lottery to operate a poker website accessible only inside district boundaries. City officials say the window for Congress to raise objections to the law was due to expire Thursday, allowing it to take effect. Opening the district to online gambling could make the nation’s capital the first test case for “intrastate” online poker, Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704630004576248973538475798.html#ixzz1Iwp3fQTC