1. 02-17-10 11:37 AM #1
    ezmoney
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    GUYS, BEWARE June POKER LAW!!!

    Just a heads up, I do not play poker, but just read article in my new FORBES magazine, saying that the Justice Dept is going to shut down online gambling this June by going after companies that process their tranactions. Pokerstars and FullTilt account for 70% of 1.4 billion of revenue the U.S. brought in last year.
    However, our beloved BARNEY FRANK , D-Mass, is backing a bill that would make online poker legal and TAXED.
    Last summer, fed prosecutors froze 34 million owed to 14,000 players that processed payments from poker games, COULD HAPPEN AGAIN this JUNE!!!
    Check out the article.

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  2. 02-17-10 11:41 AM #2
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  3. 02-17-10 02:50 PM #3
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    this is jsut for poker? or for internet gambling in general
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  4. 02-17-10 05:15 PM #4
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    if they have same processors yes, dunno?
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  5. 02-17-10 05:16 PM #5
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    Sound the alarms!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  6. 02-17-10 06:35 PM #6
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    thanks for the warning i hope the pokerrooms find a way around them
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  7. 02-17-10 10:19 PM #7
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    WTF are we gonna do?
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  8. 02-17-10 11:01 PM #8
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    It'll be the same for sportsbooks! :O lets all panic
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  9. 02-18-10 12:04 AM #9
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    This isn't worth freaking out about. If one processor shuts down another will pop up. It's supply and demand, basically. As long as there is a demand to gamble online, somebody will be there to provide it.
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  10. 02-18-10 12:11 AM #10
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    take it to the streets and protest.

    write your local congressman
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  11. 02-18-10 01:23 AM #11
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    i was gonna try to start up with pokerstars next month
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  12. 02-18-10 01:50 AM #12
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    Definitely worth reading:
    http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/03...mepagetoprated

    June 2010 is delayed date, when UIGEA should be enforced.
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  13. 02-18-10 04:53 AM #13
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    Gawd I wanna move to a free country
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  14. 02-18-10 09:43 AM #14
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    please legalize it and tax us i dont care they could make a ton of money from it
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  15. 02-18-10 10:39 AM #15
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    Jesus Christ, they obviously delayed it so that they could buy time for Frank's bill to legalize and "tax" it (though I don't know how good the controls will be).

    Quit trolling.
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  16. 02-18-10 10:44 PM #16
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    does not compute
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  17. 02-18-10 11:15 PM #17
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    first poker then what? tell them to stay the eff out of it what is this russia
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  18. 02-19-10 02:41 PM #18
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    All online gambling been ban for years now in Jersey and we still play Poker the Casinos and Bet Sports its the same ol bullshit from years ago Its pretty hard to ban something thats not ran in the US they tryed to stop the banks found ways around that ect KEEP VOTING IN THE DEMS and soon you wont even beable to piss in peace
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  19. 02-19-10 11:11 PM #19
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    If it's not one thing it's another......
    I can't play intertops because of some lame rule in Kentucky..... and i live in VA
    WTF
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  20. 02-20-10 12:17 AM #20
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    Quote Originally Posted by jerseykingpin View Post
    KEEP VOTING IN THE DEMS and soon you wont even beable to piss in peace
    The democrats didn't do this.

    President Bush Signs Port Security, Online Poker Bill Into Law


    http://www.pokernews.com/news/2006/1...poker-bill.htm
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  21. 02-20-10 12:21 AM #21
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    If this isn't defeated by June it just gets pushed back again
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  22. 02-20-10 12:27 AM #22
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    I heard its all a bunch a bullshit,and its not gonna happen,but who knows.
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  23. 02-20-10 12:29 AM #23
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    poker law in june?

    I heard inside tips,its not gonna affect us.heads up.
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  24. 02-20-10 01:26 AM #24
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    i stopped playing so i have no worries
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  25. 02-21-10 09:56 PM #25
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    Hopefully the UIGEA ( Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act ) Bill shall be pushed back a date further again. Basically, the government wants a piece of the action of U.S. citizens withdrawing funds acquired from offshore host sites into American soil.
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  26. 02-21-10 11:32 PM #26
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    Listen this is just one more way they are trying to stiffle our freedoms!!!!!! You tell me how it is legal for you to gamble in Las Vegas but if you do it from your couch, desk or sometimes for me the can it becomes illegal. All they are looking for is a door in to get their sugar on the back end! They know it and you know it. Online gambling is going no where. Look at drinking they tried to take that away from us and guess who got what they wanted.................. WE DID!!!!!!!!! The shiners ran deliveries for years and years and they could not tag all of them. So who's to say we will not do the same thing. But that is even if this stuff is enforced. So I say let's ride this train to hell and watch everything burn.



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  27. 02-22-10 12:36 AM #27
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    I have read this and it says at the bottom that their is nothing saying it is just for poker. It includes all online gambling.
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  28. 02-22-10 02:12 AM #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by KasWehner View Post
    I have read this and it says at the bottom that their is nothing saying it is just for poker. It includes all online gambling.
    Yes. And some argue the vague language of the bill means that only poker (and maybe sports betting) would be exempt. In a few states (I only know of California and PA) poker is considered a game of skill by law (in PA it's only legal with no rake, however).
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  29. 02-22-10 05:09 AM #29
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    Quote Originally Posted by dbldown View Post
    The democrats didn't do this.

    President Bush Signs Port Security, Online Poker Bill Into Law


    http://www.pokernews.com/news/2006/1...poker-bill.htm
    It didnt pass thats why only in some states its a full ban they left it up to each state to ban it or not and that was how many years ago Last time I looked Bush is out of there
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  30. 02-22-10 02:04 PM #30
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    Ya and mister I am gonna screw up as much as possible Obama is in. The only good thing I can say is that he has his hands full with other problems. To tell you the truth if the government needs money wouldn't online gambling be a really good place to get it? Put a tax on all payouts. I do not mind if it keeps it legal.


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  31. 02-22-10 06:02 PM #31
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    Quote Originally Posted by MathewXB View Post
    Ya and mister I am gonna screw up as much as possible Obama is in. The only good thing I can say is that he has his hands full with other problems. To tell you the truth if the government needs money wouldn't online gambling be a really good place to get it? Put a tax on all payouts. I do not mind if it keeps it legal.


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    I agree 100% with you on the issue. Hey they legalized Marijuana sales in California. Before you know it, 10 more states will have it legal.
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  32. 02-22-10 10:36 PM #32
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    Is this thread 3 years old?
    Sheesh, old news.
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  33. 02-23-10 06:55 AM #33
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    it needs to be one or the other not in the middle as it is now. I fully believe that poker will be regulated soon.
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  34. 02-23-10 08:13 AM #34
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    Land of the free yo!
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  35. 02-23-10 12:08 PM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by asianxal View Post
    WTF are we gonna do?
    Cash out while you can and build a bankroll by freerolling. That way when they freeze our bankrolls we will not lose much. My friend didn't believe them last time and left $500 on Casino.NET Poker room. My dumbass left $50 on that same site. Needless to say our accounts were locked and our money stolen. I urge you to take your money off before you lose it, they aren't kidding. Like I said freeroll your way up. If you deposit you will be sorely disappointed when this rumor proves true.
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