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    Default Is it almost over?

    FTP and Stars are having serious issues processing deposits and cash outs in America -

    Feds Quietly Freeze Online Poker Cash in Washington - Nathan Vardi - The Jungle - Forbes

    The Rake's Helper - News and Features - Baltimore City Paper

    What worries me the most is the big two not being able to accept deposits. Since the UIGEA there have always been issues with cash outs but funding your account was never a problem. Hopefully they find another processor they can trust but until then the sky will be falling.
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    The traffic at Stars continues to rise, so I'm not worried about it just yet.
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    I'd be more worried about cashing out than making a deposit. That seizing funds by the feds it total fucking bullshit. Maybe these government cock suckers should spend our hard earned taxed dollars on something other than trying to stop people from mashing buttons in the comfort of their own home. US Govt, please, go fuck yourself.
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    But if the Sheeple are mashing buttons from the comfort of their own US home, on gambooling servers that are owned by non US entities. All of america's hard earned cash is going to rich people who aren't American.

    Very clearly giving nearly free money to non red-blooded American business type men is illegal as all hell. So how about you go fuck yourself Stargrinder, fuck yourself right in prison.
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    Quote Originally Posted by StarGrinder View Post
    I'd be more worried about cashing out than making a deposit.
    You say this without thinking of where the money you are going to cashout is going to come from
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    I tried to deposit 1K via E-Check on Stars ~a week ago and it wouldn't let me. I bank with Bank of America FWIW. A buddy of mine said Western Union still works for him though.

    I'm self-banned on FT, so I'm not sure about that site.
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    echecks on stars can only process small amounts at the moments by the sound of it. If you tried depositing $90 eleven times it may well work out for you with no problems, as retarded as that sounds.
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    The introduction of "Home Games" seems like it could be some sort of political ploy for Stars... idk though.
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    seems like all the tables i play at the people arent from usa
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    ^^ I've noticed that too. Huge amount of german and UK players compared to a couple of months ago.

    I'm not a religious person but I pray every day for the uiega to fall. If it does there will be a parade and a new era will begin. - if you can call one drunk guy dancing down the street naked a parade. But I digress.

    If it gets worse it won't be the end of the world but if US fish can one-click deposit again a lot of guys will be very rich very fast.
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    Quote Originally Posted by oskar View Post
    ^^ I've noticed that too. Huge amount of german and UK players compared to a couple of months ago.

    I'm not a religious person but I pray every day for the uiega to fall. If it does there will be a parade and a new era will begin. - if you can call one drunk guy dancing down the street naked a parade. But I digress.

    If it gets worse it won't be the end of the world but if US fish can one-click deposit again a lot of guys will be very rich very fast.

    huge amount of advertising over here from stars and party - i think IIRC that a law was withdrawn where gambling couldnt be advertised on TV

    A few weeks ago im sure i saw a Pokerstars advertsiement on boards at a premier league game
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    word, but at least 1/3 of the online poker poopulation is americans, eh?
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    while this is cause for concern, i don't think ill believe its the end of the world until some real shit starts to go down. but it would be foolish not to be thinking/preparing for Armageddon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Miffed22001 View Post
    huge amount of advertising over here from stars and party - i think IIRC that a law was withdrawn where gambling couldnt be advertised on TV

    A few weeks ago im sure i saw a Pokerstars advertsiement on boards at a premier league game
    All of the stars ads I've seen are for pokerstars.net which has always been billed as "not a gambling site" and is apperently a play money site. Obv it's a loophole and prolly has a link to stars.com where you can play real money.
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    join or start a political poker player group, get lots of members, send like....partitions and stuff to govt people. OR bitch and moan
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    so they can boot into windows or linux depending on how they feel?
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    cool I can definitely use a new partition, one just for poker sounds convenient. not sure why I'd want to send it to the gov't though

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