Online Poker Firm Claims New US Ban Doesn't Apply To Poker
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Part of the rationale for the new law against online gambling was that there was confusion over existing laws. There certainly were some who claimed that existing laws already banned online gambling -- but many others noted that you could interpret existing laws to only apply to pure games of chance. That meant games like poker, that involve at least some amount of skill, were not included in the ban. Thus, the new laws were designed to "clarify" the situation. They may have some work to do on the clarification part. pandlcg writes in to let us know that at least one online gambling firm, believes that the new ban still doesn't apply to poker, and thus they plan to continue serving US customers. Somehow, you get the feeling that this won't go over too well with those who pushed for the new law -- though, in the meantime, this particular poker site may attract plenty of attention from US online poker players.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Not Right Wing...
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"It's just election time and politians are doing what they do best...tell us how to run our lives in hopes that we will thank them for it by electing them back into office. It's crap like this that makes me never want to vote again."
1) It's not "JUST" anything. All this political crap is awful regardless of how many of them do it, or for whatever reason. We help them when we downplay the importance of their corrupt BS.
2) This should make you want to vote - not stop voting.
Our government does not act in the best interest of it's citizens. If they are in office vote them out - every time. ONCE AND DONE!
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And yes ... suck it, jesus freaks.
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Actually, the bill covers all of those other things as well as credit cards.
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It's not about the gambling
Oh, and we won't go into how they slipped it in under a port security act. No, not network ports like 80 and 443...port as in big boat, shipping, cargo, docks, etc.
I think they're the cowards.
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It's about big business
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Open your eyes.
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Republican leadership, very sad for our country
It is a sad commentary when the leadership of any party pass a law by trickery. This undemocratic way of passing the bill is contrary to the intent of our constitution.
The men and women who fought and died for our country expect honest government, this method of legislation is shameful.
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Would jesus go all-in?
Keep your Jesus off my penis!!
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my life my business
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I used to believe that you could vote the lesser of two evils, but it is really hard to do that these days. ALL politicians are in the pockets of someone. And I agree it's BS how this law even got in the books.
BTW, you can still use NetTeller or some other middle man company to transfer money from your checking account in the US to any online poker site. So really, the bill did nothing. But it's still BS.
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What!?
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Huh?
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Gay gov't
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Its not a problem if you're winning!!!
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So.....
I'd certainly hate to think that. I'll admit there are very few politicians that have the exact same beliefs I do on the issues, but I still believe that there are people out there doing what they do for good reasons. Just because they are not my reasons doesnt make all of them corrupt.
Then again, the majority of people I know well enough to fully support as a candidate would never consider running. We certainly need more people who are willing to spend their time in office accomplishing goals rather than showboating and spending so much friggin time in front of the media.
One last point, I'm sick of them wasting time on stupid issues, and then telling us they didnt have enough time to really scrutinize each bill they voted on.
I mean, here in Florida, they actually voted on a state pie this past year. That's right, they voted to make key lime pie the friggin &*$(#&($@#) state PIE!!
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what do you do when you realize your dell sucks? you burn it and make a real computer
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It's a multi-level problem. First, someone with no ulterior motives is unlikely to run for office given the headaches associated with it, especially getting started. If you're not rich and/or famous, you don't start by running for Senate, you start with podunk local offices with little pay. Not many people would do that without either intent to use it for personal gain, or without a massive ego. In either case, not who you want as your representative.
Second, it's tough to break through to national office. You need a lot of campaign money. Generally, this is not given through sheer graciousness. Various factions give money with the notion of a quid-pro-quo. So it's hard to win without being compromised somehow. Watch "The Candidate," old movie but gets the point across.
Third, staying elected for a long time is tough. To get established to the point where you're not a one-and-done, you typically need to play dirty and make friends. This isn't easy to do while not selling out even a little bit.
In other words, it's hard for honest people to get elected. It's harder for honest people to stay that way having been elected.
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Wow, that's pretty hardcore. A little therapy goes a long way.
I doubt you'll see any changes in online poker. The new law doesn't effect Neteller or FirePay. I also doubt very seriously that the elected officials who wrote this fine piece of legislation had our best intrests in mind. The government realizes the massive amounts of money that's being passed to and from these sites (not to mention between players). What they really want is tax $$. Figure out a way to tax the players winnings and everyone's happy.
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money issues
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New poker law
If every online poker player actually got out and voted, we could toss the hipocritical bumbs out in less than two weeks!
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Online Poker
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Along with the latest poker bonus codes, bonuses and downloads
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