Rupert - Been MIA - Off Shore wagering
 

what do you think with this law being signed in and Bush 99% signing it?

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I hope that it can be good for horse racing because racing is exempt, but I dont feel like the government should be able to take away individual freedoms like playing online poker!! Why werent the poker lobbyist's buying off those Senators? This is just another way for our elected politicians to try to run our lives and dictate what we can and cant do.
Just because some people have problems with gambling and lose all thier money doesnt mean it should be banned (online). It is also not ruining the children of the US. How about cigarrette's? I believe that those cancer sticks ruin the lives of children more than playing some hold 'em.
Government is just mad because they arent making tax money off the online gambling so they take it away. They are thieves and corrupt individuals. I wonder if Senator Foley was voting yes to ban internet gambling while he was texting inappropriate messages to underage boys?

It hurts gamblers, which is the only thing I care about in this situation, 7% BYE BYE

The industry has known about this for years, and not until recently, have they given a crap.

Offshore companies have also known about this for years and I am sure they have something set up. Something like this could ruin several economies in the central/south American region

It's called Las Vegas.. If you don't think they had anything to do with this, you're sorely mistaken.. Also the government has no problem shutting down the doors of something it can't properly tax..

Bunch of Crap if you ask me.

Vegas was actually against this because it limits what they can do online. Vegas gets theirs, regardless of online companies or not....

Speaking of, got recruited from Ballys and invited to an invitational poker tourney last week in November. They are giving me three free nights, 1 entry into the tourney and $50 food voucher, 1st place pay 10k plus entry into WSOP...PRETTY pumped

I think the law is crazy. I'm totally against it.

When I first heard about the possibility of this law passing several months ago, I wasn't that concerned because I thought the government would have a hard time enforcing it and I didn't think they really cared about it that much. Now that I hear that they have been arresting some of these off-shore operators when they enter this country, it makes me think that they really mean business.

I really don't know what the effect wil be. I know that Pinnacle plans to keep taking bets from people from the US. I think there will always be ways to get money into these sites. I'm wondering if our goverment may try to force service providers to make it so you can't even go to these sites. I think it is possible that they could do this if they really want to. I guess the sites could keep adding new web addreses in response.

I really don't know what will happen but I am definitely concerned about it. I'm not taking my money out of Pinnacle but I definitely would not feel comfortable keeping as much money there as I did in the past.

Neteller made people sign a new agreement saying that they were not a bank and that their funds were not insured, it was hilarious. I have a feeling that places like Pinnacle have been planning for this for a long time so I am not worried, but I agree, not as much fundage will be their as a result of this...

I have heard that Neteller has been just smoked with withdrawals from poker sites and online sites, it is impossible to get a withdrawal from out of there right now

didn't even think about that. that's alot of checks to cut at once.

I have a netteller account Tom and have an issue. Still waiting.

maybe this is a stupid question. . . but will it be hard to cash a check from an offshore site. . . like if I go to the bank and try to cash a check from Pinnacle will they honor it?

Don't see why not

Not at all. I requested a mid-4-fig EFT withdrawal from Neteller on 10/2 and it hit my bank on 10/4.

--Dunbar

24 hours after I said I had a problem with netteller i find out today all is cool, i got my money. free and clear of pinny and netteller - balances zero

they also said that they were running behind, lol wonder why