The thieves in DC have pulled off a great con! All along, they (Republicans) want to tax the (disappearing) middle class to extinction. There is a very large number of us who have fallen to the depths of begging to be taxed… for the “privilege” of playing Poker online!
Forget about the fact the MILLIONS play online around the world without the albatross hanging around their necks. They don’t have our elected thieves! Forget about the fact that what we do with OUR time and OUR money should be OUR choices. Here! PLEASE Tax us! Please take a chunk of our money! The Gov’t hook is in our mouths… it’s set, and we’re being reeled in!
I don’t know about you, but I’m so tired of the same old song coming out of Washington… Do anything to defeat Obama! Do anything to divide the classes! Do anything to protect the wealthy! Do anything to oppress the poor!
It seems to me that we’ve been handed the best tool available for getting Online Gambling legalized in the US.
Poker is a great pastime, and we’ve proven that by skirting the law, avoiding the funding restrictions, and ignoring the UIGEA.
… and what did we get? Screwed! Screwed out of our money by unscrupulous, greedy operators of such sites as: Full Tilt Poker, Ultimate Bet, and Absolute Poker. Doesn’t that alone SCREAM for US Regulation? It’s the US Department of Justice that brought those cheating executives down for the good of the whole World… and the good of Poker, Online Gambling, and players everywhere.
I have to say “I told you so”. I’m still against the UIGEA… more so than ever! Can anyone now say that US intervention is wrong? Can anyone now say to the US Gov’t – “Hands Off Internet Gambling”?
DOJ says Full Tilt was a global Ponzi scheme
20 September 2011
By Dan Igo
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Tuesday that Full Tilt Poker operated as a “global Ponzi scheme” and that its primary owners, including poker professionals Howard Lederer and Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, defrauded the site’s players out of hundreds of millions of dollars.
The DOJ filed a motion to amend an earlier civil complaint against Full Tilt Poker to include “additional allegations, claims, and defendants concerning a fraudulent scheme by Full Tilt Poker and its Board of Directors concerning the misuse of players’ funds,” according to a memorandum sent out by Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney from the Southern District of New York.
“Full Tilt was not a legitimate poker company, but a global Ponzi scheme,” Bharara said in a statement. “Full Tilt insiders lined their own pockets with funds picked from the pockets of their most loyal customers while blithely lying to both players and the public alike about the safety and security of the money deposited.”
I hope you all hate (hmmmm dislike) Microsoft. If not for their poor (Horrible) products, then for their poor (Horrible) business practices. (Don’t get me started – ’cause it goes all the way back to their early days – read about those pirates yourself).
Now, our beloved Yahoo has decided to get into bed with the Redmond, WA bandits. They’re merging their Search Marketing with (gag) Bing!
We who love Gambling (and that really includes EVERYONE – if you don’t believe me – stop buying Stocks, Bonds, Insurance Policies, and picking your Mate) had to leave Google… and now Yahoo too!
I’ve witnessed poor (criminal) politics, and it makes me sick! What’s even sicker is the fact that people “buy it”. Many people take the media reports as gospel, without questioning. I wish we could all read between the lines.
As you know, I’m outwardly against the “Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act”, and I’m looking forward to the day when this crap is overturned (for all the right reasons you’ve read here before).
So, I’m very much in support of Barney Franks and his tireless efforts to stop it! He has again introduced a bill that would DEFINE online gambling and legalize it. Yay!
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that a Renton, WA lawyer’s campaign to make Washington state safe for Internet poker players lost again on Monday.
“A state appeals court rejected Lee Rousso’s arguments that a 2006 law that forbids Internet gambling in the state violates the clause of the U.S. Constitution that gives the federal government the right to regulate interstate commerce.”
“Last May, a King County Superior Court judge also ruled against Rousso on a day that 70 online poker players rallied outside the courthouse.
Ever since the illegal (or at the very least – immoral) passage (?) of the Port bill that contained (hidden within) the UIGEA the bettors in the US have been “breaking the law” at worst, and confused at best! We search for Sports Betting Online – Legally!
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Perfecting your pokerface
Many non-poker players will say: ‘I could never play poker, I don’t have a poker face.’ However, in most low-stakes games this isn’t a very important aspect of the game because most players are usually too busy thinking about their own hand to monitor and observe your reactions in any detail. As long as you don’t completely give you hand away when you hit the nuts, by either shouting ‘Yes!’ or breaking into a ‘happy dance’, you should be okay. Read the rest…
If you need some encouragement to get out and vote on Tuesday, take the urgings of John Kerry and Al Gore… both are reminding us of what can happen by very narrow margins.
Don’t ever forget the lessons of 2000 and 2004 – VOTE! Your vote DOES COUNT!!!!
Do you know how your own legislators feel about gambling, and more specifically online gambling?
Here’s a Great Dad’s Day Gift (for yourself?) And It Keeps On Giving!
It’s no real surprise why so many poker players are
going absolutely nuts for membership to the New Online Poker
Training Center. Don’t miss out on this!
Membership to the Online Poker Training Center is jammed
packed with insider poker strategies from real professional poker players. You’ll learn exactly how to Read the rest…
Now THAT’S a goal we all share: How to increase our Bankroll.
Today, I’m planning to show you how to increase your Gambling Bankroll – While You’re Driving to The Casino!
That’s a sneaky way of getting you to a website I’ve installed and a HUGE increase in your mileage. Yes, you can double or even triple your gas mileage in your present vehicle. Read the rest…
I have just found out about a new Poker Training School that’s
opening tomorrow! As it’s brand new, I haven’t been able to
thoroughly check it out, word is however that Tim, Errol and the
rest of the team are Read the rest…
Here comes another movie on my favorite subject: Gambling. You knew this was going to happen. With Poker being such a World-Wide phenomenon, it was only a matter of time until Hollywood produced a movie on the subject.
Closely following the hit “21″ (although I can’t imagine WHY it’s a hit – it was such a stinker – see my review here in an earlier post, or go over to Squidoo and view my squidoo lens – 21 – The Movie), comes “DEAL”, the first of many (?) movies with a poker theme.
This one has a type-cast in that you’ll see the stars Read the rest…
I’ve had many questions from the thousands who have viewed my Videos on Craps. A surprising number of the questions are about the Casino I used for the videos, so I decided to reopen it…
Gambling has always been mentioned with Las Vegas in one breath. Nowhere has gambling been as lucrative and as consuming as it is in Las Vegas. Thus, Las Vegas is called the gambling capital and rightly so.
However, the introduction of the internet has proven that traditional gaming venues are becoming passe – or at least unnecessary.
Thus, here is a rundown of a few of the best gambling spots that you can find online. A word of precaution to the buyer. . .be careful.
WSOP™ Qualifiers are Running Now
The World Series of Poker™ is the world’s biggest poker event. Everyone wants a shot at the big time and there are many ways you can win a Main Event package at Full Tilt Poker. This year, FTP’s Race to the Main Event is giving players an opportunity to win one of three completely free seats every week through June 22nd.
There are also weekly real-money, guarantee tournaments on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, with buy-ins ranging from $200 + $16 to $1,000 + $60 and satellites starting from just $2 + $.25 or 50 Full Tilt Poker points. Bookmark your calendar for the 150 Seat Main Event Guarantee on June 15th – with 50 more guaranteed $12K packages than last year, this is the largest Main Event qualifier they’ve ever run.
If you win their Main Event seat at Full Tilt Poker, you’ll automatically qualify for their $10 Million Main Event Mania, and if you win more than one Main Event package, you could become their King of the Series and experience the royal treatment in Las Vegas.
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