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Posted: Mon, 02 Oct 2006, 10:19pm Post subject: |
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Straight
Joined: 23 May 2005
Posts: 156
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Location: Las Vegas, NV
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A private consortium just made a bid to buy up Harrah's. Harrah's stock went up something like $9 a share today.
If a private company could take over Harrah's, then they could be a candidate to purchase any of the poker sites out there and re-introduce that operation to the US customers. They could push for proper regulation of the industry.
One of the reasons this bill passed is the casino lobby. Both the Nevada senators (one Dem, one Repub) said they would vote YES on this bill if it came to a vote. They are in the casino company's pockets, believe me.
So now if these casino companies can get involved in online poker, they will do so and they will have the political clout to get whatever legislation passed they need to open it back up to US customers. |
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Posted: Tue, 03 Oct 2006, 1:10pm Post subject: |
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Solicitor
Joined: 26 Nov 2005
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| so when is bush going to officially sign this? |
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Posted: Tue, 03 Oct 2006, 2:02pm Post subject: |
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Straight
Joined: 20 Apr 2006
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Location: Miami
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Posted: Tue, 03 Oct 2006, 2:12pm Post subject: |
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Royal Flush
Joined: 12 Dec 2003
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Location: Walk the Walk, Flop the Flop.
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Partison bullshit from the other side. |
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Posted: Tue, 03 Oct 2006, 2:16pm Post subject: |
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Full House
Joined: 28 Nov 2004
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I like this guy:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=6b7_h_OyTI0
I definitely wouldn't call this partisan bullshit.
I think this is from an old proposal on internet gambling prohibition, but it applies here too. |
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Posted: Tue, 03 Oct 2006, 9:57pm Post subject: |
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Full House
Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 1461
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Location: wearing the honors of honor and whatnot
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I have a question about party. on the popup screen for the VIP promotion it says
"( This includes points redeemed by you till 03-OCT-2006 12:00:01 ET)"
is there any reason it says until today at noon, or am i missing some reason why it would include that time? |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Oct 2006, 10:10am 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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Posted: Wed, 04 Oct 2006, 11:03am Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Greedo017 wrote: | i have something else too. This is a link to a conservative forum. i don't belong there, i was just googling for "bush sign ban" to see if anywhere speculated when he'd sign it, and it came up. they think the ban is crap also.
http://www.rightnation.us/forums/index.php?showtopic=110505 |
good to see |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Oct 2006, 5:44pm Post subject: |
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Almost as bad as that idiot redgrape
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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I'd just like to say wow..... this sounds like really good news to me. |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Oct 2006, 8:26pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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just went to pokerlistings and noticed that they don't have PokerStars listed under the rooms that are open to US citizens. wonder why? they didn't say that yet right?
http://www.pokerlistings.com/ |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Oct 2006, 8:36pm Post subject: |
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But who will mod the mods?!
Joined: 04 Dec 2003
Posts: 5007
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Location: Redondo Beach, CA
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PokerStars has not made an official statement yet.
The only thing we have to go on right now is Lee Jones posting at 2+2 that they are continuing with business as usual until further notice.
Keep checking our list:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/poker-44471.htm
I will make sure it's updated with all the latest. If you don't see a poker room in that list, it's because they have not announced anything either way. |
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Posted: Wed, 04 Oct 2006, 8:46pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Xianti wrote: | PokerStars has not made an official statement yet.
The only thing we have to go on right now is Lee Jones posting at 2+2 that they are continuing with business as usual until further notice.
Keep checking our list:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/poker-44471.htm
I will make sure it's updated with all the latest. If you don't see a poker room in that list, it's because they have not announced anything either way. |
thanks. i guess maybe that list is for rooms that have stated that they won't ban Americans no matter what. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 6:43am Post subject: |
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Almost as bad as that idiot redgrape
Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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| martindcx1e wrote: |
thanks. i guess maybe that list is for rooms that have stated that they won't ban Americans no matter what. |
That can't possibly be true. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 9:23am Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| IowaSkinsFan wrote: | | martindcx1e wrote: |
thanks. i guess maybe that list is for rooms that have stated that they won't ban Americans no matter what. |
That can't possibly be true. |
what and why? there are rooms who have stated that they will not be banning americans |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 12:06pm Post subject: |
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One Pair
Joined: 15 Sep 2006
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| All the rooms that say they are not goona ban americans have not said that for sure they all say we are looking at it and we think they cant do this. key word being (THINK) |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 12:13pm 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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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 12:40pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| why on earth would sites block withdrawals and block players from even playing when neither breaks any laws? |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 12:55pm 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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| martindcx1e wrote: | | why on earth would sites block withdrawals and block players from even playing when neither breaks any laws? |
Some insight from Bugsys Club:
In my opinion the public companies really have little choice. They have to somehow protect the investors. If they blatantly ignore this situation the investors and markets may not be too pleased. In our case we only have to satisfy our customers, and that is exactly what we intend doing.
Luck Bugsy
Source:
http://www.BugsysClub.com/club/community/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4339 |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 1:20pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| so investors would get nervous even if the sites are doing nothing wrong? sounds like some pretty lame investors. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 2:03pm Post subject: |
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Flush
Joined: 31 Jan 2006
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If you play on Titan Poker they are about to stop serving US customers.
Check the news thread for the actual text.
You can still withdraw your money.
Whoops. Srry. |
Last edited by Phantaroth on Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 2:19pm; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 2:15pm 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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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 2:37pm Post subject: |
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OLD MAN RIVER
Joined: 14 Sep 2005
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Location: Canuckistan
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| martindcx1e wrote: | | so investors would get nervous even if the sites are doing nothing wrong? sounds like some pretty lame investors. |
A publicly traded company's first responsibility is to its shareholders and to protect shareholder value. The capital markets hate uncertainty, so it is more prudent for Party and the like to pull out of the US temporarily and possibly permanently until they know what business environment they may or may not be able to operate in in the future. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 2:57pm Post subject: |
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
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| Warpe wrote: | | martindcx1e wrote: | | so investors would get nervous even if the sites are doing nothing wrong? sounds like some pretty lame investors. |
A publicly traded company's first responsibility is to its shareholders and to protect shareholder value. The capital markets hate uncertainty, so it is more prudent for Party and the like to pull out of the US temporarily and possibly permanently until they know what business environment they may or may not be able to operate in in the future. |
i don't know anything really about stocks/investors/etc. but it just sounds like investors are pretty flaky and quick to jump to conclusions after hearing all this. |
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Posted: Thu, 05 Oct 2006, 2:59pm Post subject: |
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