Party Poker out of business for USA players

LakerLanny · Retired Number Joined: 24 Oct 2001 Posts: 47594

Thanks President Bush and Congress, I really need you to regulate things I do from the privacy of my own home like gamble on the computer.

Us grown ups don't really need you inflicting your morals on us.

This country is swirling the drain, very Orwellian the amount of control the government is exerting over every aspect of our lives. What's next, madatory microchips in our heads to track our every move?
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NoMoreGame7s · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:

Lanny - what's going on with PP? I use PokerStars.com. Is this something that could happen to all the poker sites?
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Socks · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject:

The government controls what you see on TV, what you hear on the radio, and what you read in papers. Of course the Internet and other media are the next to follow. Bush owes too much to the religious right that got him elected.

I like how they slipped this into the Ports Bill so they could push it through as quietly and easily as possible.

I also love this: http://www.macobserver.com/article/2006/07/12.8.shtml

ocho · Retired Number Joined: 24 May 2005 Posts: 53859

can someone fill me in on what is going on?
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Socks · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:32 pm Post subject:

Here's an article:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/13/politics/main2087917.shtml

Bottom line is Bush signed a bill today that claims to tighten security around our U.S. shipping ports. Snuck into that bill was a provision that prohibits U.S. players from using credit cards, checks and electronic fund transfers to settle their online wagers. So effectively they're going after the ability to pay or receive cash in order to shut off online gambling. That's it in a nutshell.

This effects the way every online gambling site operates with U.S. players because now a U.S. player cannot conduct monetary transactions with these sites. Of course you can move money offshore and go through those sorts of channels, or go through underground sites that will find ways to manage transactions, but you open yourself to all sorts of risks in the process.

LakerLanny · Retired Number Joined: 24 Oct 2001 Posts: 47594

NoMoreGame7s · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject:

I just tried to deposit on PokerStars and got the message that my bank or credit card company had adopted a policy against allowing transactions that deal with online gaming.

This just feels wrong.
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LakerLanny · Retired Number Joined: 24 Oct 2001 Posts: 47594

NoMoreGame7s · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 4:15 pm Post subject:

Bergamotichek · Retired Number Joined: 02 Sep 2007 Posts: 16777206

Wow! When did polictical discussion once again become acceptable!?

I must have missed that memo.