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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 4:56am Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 5:41am Post subject: |
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Strike 1
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Location: Texas
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| gabe wrote: | | wow this changes my future in a not so positive way | |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 5:42am Post subject: |
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Full House
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Damn those politicians in America sure are douchebags.
I hope this is just a bad dream that will end soon.
Edit: found this on NWP
Will new Anti-Gambling Law survive Judicial review
That's the real question here ...
Our congressmen and senators (not to mention our President)
occasionally pass new laws - or "interpret" existing laws - in ways
which fail to withstand judicial review. The latest notable example of
this is the "Hamdan versus United States" case decided by the United
States Supreme Court. The court ruled that President Bush could not
deny protections afforded under Article 3 of the Geneva Convention to
terrorist suspects held as detainees.
If this new bill does "shut down" or seriously impede internet poker,
you can bet that at least one (if not all) of these off-shore sites
will band together and challenge the new law in court. There are
probably several good grounds on which an argument can be based. One
that comes to mind immediately is the question of jurisdiction, since
most of these sites are based outside the United States. I'm not a
lawyer or a legal expert, but I'm not sure if the United States
government can restrict or impede a U.S. citizen from conducting
Commerce with a foreign business entity - provided such Commerce is not
a threat to our national security. This new law could be overturned on
the jurisdictional issue alone.
There are other possible avenues of appeal as well, but I won't go into
them here. Suffice it to say that with as much as 10 BILLION DOLLARS
of revenue coming from the U.S. market, the owners of PartyGaming,
PokerStars, and all the other internet operators are not going to throw
their hands up in the air and concede defeat. (Or at least not without
a fight.)
I'm sure there is a small army of lawyers and legal experts who already
have the first draft of a complaint at least 90 percent drafted. The
first appeal will probably be filed in a federal court the day after
President Bush signs the bill into law. Then the long review process
will start and we'll see where it goes. There will probably be an
attempt to obtain a temporary restraining order against enforcement of
the law while it is under review. If such a request is granted, then
the sites can continue to operate while the law is being reviewed.
I have a feeling that the legality of internet poker for people here in
the United States will ultimately be decided by nine men and women
wearing black robes. If five of those men and women decide the
Congress acted improperly, then the right of Americans to play poker on
the internet will be protected - at least for awhile. It ain't over
until the folks in the black robes sing ...
Alan C. Lawhon
Huntsville, Alabama |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 5:51am Post subject: |
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Two Pair
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 7:03am Post subject: |
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Flush
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"His co-sponsor the Democrat senator Richard Bryan from Nevada, warned: "By the year 2000, 15 million kids will have access to the Internet. If Internet gambling is allowed to flourish, every one of these kids will have access to gambling,""
Do all senators draft bills about things they have no knowledge of? |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 9:33am Post subject: |
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Almost as bad as that idiot redgrape
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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| If it comes down to the supreme court i think we will win. |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 9:38am Post subject: |
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Almost as bad as that idiot heybude
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That really ticks me off. Instead of taking measures to protect under-aged children from participating in online gambling, the government decides to try and ban it altogether.
The thing is, the "children issue" is not even the fucking reason. It's because the United States is losing billions of dollars every year to these sites. They want to stop it.
These idiots in government don't understand that some parents actually give a shit about their kids and will prevent them from gambling when they are too young. It's just an insult to the American people. |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 9:43am Post subject: |
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Almost as bad as that idiot redgrape
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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I'd like to know what is next for online poker players?
1. Is there a loophole if this bill is in fact enacted? Can anyone confirm that loophole?
2. Anyone know a lawyer who can tell us what he thinks is going to happen here?
3. Is everyone just going to enjoy poker for the next 3/4 of a year?
4. What are people going to do who are involved in an online poker website buisness? Aok?
5. WTF will happen to FTR?
6. WTF WILL WE ALL DO WITH OUR LIVES! |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 10:26am Post subject: |
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Full House
Joined: 12 Jan 2005
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Location: wearing the honors of honor and whatnot
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I'll answer these b/c i've read a lot on 2p2 and think i have a pretty good idea of the answers.
| IowaSkinsFan wrote: | | 1. Is there a loophole if this bill is in fact enacted? Can anyone confirm that loophole? |
too soon to say. speculation says probably, though it might be a bit shady even so. but it will most likely be difficult enough that the typical american player won't bother.
| IowaSkinsFan wrote: | | 2. Anyone know a lawyer who can tell us what he thinks is going to happen here? |
this is out of my reach. 2p2 people's opinions range from it will have a significant impact but will survive somewhat reasonably, to it is the end of online poker in america. my personal opinion is online poker is over.
| IowaSkinsFan wrote: | | 3. Is everyone just going to enjoy poker for the next 3/4 of a year? |
hopefully. keep up on things though, as it won't necessarily be this long. it would really suck to see your neteller eft denied when you weren't expecting it.
| IowaSkinsFan wrote: | | 4. What are people going to do who are involved in an online poker website buisness? Aok? |
stop making money?
| IowaSkinsFan wrote: | | 5. WTF will happen to FTR? |
less people will come here, there will be no more ads linking to online poker sites. aka, the profitability of this site will drop dramatically.
| IowaSkinsFan wrote: | | 6. WTF WILL WE ALL DO WITH OUR LIVES! |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 11:40am Post subject: |
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Full House
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
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Location: wisconsin
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I have read a lot on 2 + 2 as well, and what Green says reflects what the consensus of the thoughtful posters over there are saying.
Online poker will still exist for the non-americans, however. Probably in a much less profitable form.
The statute says that regulations must be in place within 270 days of it turning to law. Could be sooner in reality. It also starts a task force to monitor gambling related money laundering. They have really thought of everything in this bill. I have got my funds moving back to my bank account, as i dont want them to get stuck.
Am i being over cautious? Yes. But what recourse would we have after the president signs the bill and then neteller or the poker sites seize our funds? |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 12:06pm Post subject: |
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Flush
Joined: 31 Mar 2005
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Location: Love me for a season
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This absolutely sucks.
I'm English but this pretty much doesn't matter in a world where the poker infrastructure is defined by Americans.
This is probably gonna affect the game to the extent where it may as well be banned over here anyway. |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 12:13pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| This will affect so many people/groups...Televised Tourneys (ESPN, WPT, etc...), TV commercials, pros and semi-pro people who pay for bills/food/etc. with poker money, sites such as Neteller/Firepay, the actual poker sites, poker magazines - It's ridiculous really. I can't imagine Neteller/Firepay and/or Party/Stars not putting up a fight about it. How on earth can it be acceptible to ban Americans from putting money into Neteller??? If the sites accept PayPal in the future will they then ban Americans from that as well? There are so many companies/people impacted by this, and there is so much money at stake that I can't believe that all of these comapnies/people will just bend over and take it with no fight whatsoever. Maybe this is just my heart talking though... |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 12:14pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 03 Mar 2005
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Location: Your place or my place
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| $100 says this makes online poker more popular. Discuss. |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 12:26pm Post subject: |
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Almost as bad as that idiot redgrape
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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| euphoricism wrote: | | $100 says this makes online poker more popular. Discuss. |
Please make your points... |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 12:29pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
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| illegal music/movie downloading is going pretty strong... |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 12:30pm Post subject: |
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Flush
Joined: 31 Mar 2005
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Location: Love me for a season
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| euphoricism wrote: | | $100 says this makes online poker more popular. Discuss. |
The plot thickens!
Seriously though, no. Wishful thinking. |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 12:54pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
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| any publicity is good publicity??? |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 1:50pm Post subject: |
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Full House
Joined: 08 Aug 2006
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Location: wisconsin
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 2:01pm Post subject: |
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But who will mod the mods?!
Joined: 04 Dec 2003
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Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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I'm posting all relevant links to news articles (as opposed to other speculative forum discussions) here:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/poker-44325.htm
Please add links to new developments in that thread above.
It's all speculation at this point, but let's try to consolidate the news articles into that thread. |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 2:25pm Post subject: |
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Straight Flush
Joined: 22 Nov 2005
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| What we should do is just give the government AK and we'll take TT and go allin preflop. Whoever wins, gets to decide if it passes. |
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Posted: Sat, 30 Sep 2006, 2:30pm Post subject: |
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But who will mod the mods?!
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Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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