Only nine more months of online gambling

[jpehl]

Hmmm im trying to figure out how i came across a diffrent list then you.
Let me see what i did wrong. Anyways thanks for the right list.
jpehl

[JB2107]

I have read a few articles mentioning the World Trade Organization, which may have something to say before this is settled. Here is one take on it.

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_news...lass=PokerNews

[jpehl]

It is a very encouraging article but i have to argue that they did not ban online gambling from my understanding just the processs of funding our accounts. I have read article simiilar to this that have said this would be a large hurdle to overcome. Also that when blair leaves that it will help. You have to understand that they are putting handcuffs on a billion dollar industry. That doesnt look good especially being that they are our closes allie. I dont know the outcome but the more i look into it the better it looks for us. We have some big hitters going to bat for us. All we can do is continue to flood there emails every day. I read an article the other day at the poker players alliance that there is 70 million gamblers in the US. Ive read before that there was 30 million poker players.Most of these sites feed off the US Economy. So i dont know how accurate the statements are. From what ive seen on other sites that there is alot of unhappy campers out there. So what ever the number isim sure there will be loop holes. I read the other day that Frist ( the guy who pushed the bill through) was planning on running for president. Ha I would go ahead and scratch that one off of your things to do if i was him. Only time will tell.
jpehl

[brink]

jpehl, there is language in there that specifically mentions the act of wagering.

Just read the entire bill.

http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2006/10...543portscr.pdf

The sportsbetting part starts on page 213.

Having said that, this is really just a minor inconvienence when you break it all down.

Sportsbetting has always been illegal in this country. Yet, it's also been one of the most popular past times. Before the internet, everyone still bet on football games with local bookies and no one ever got in trouble for it.

Nothing will change in that aspect.

You also have to remember that when the internet first took off and sportsbetting sites started to pop up, there was no neteller, or firepay or any of the other methods that make it easy to send and transfer funds.

We all had to go to western union, or send a cashiers check to the books in order to play.

So, at the very most, this will be a big step backwards as far as the ease with which we transfer money around.

We might have to wait a couple of days for our checks to clear.

Which by the way, checks are exempt from this measure. So a sportsbook will still be able to send you a cashiers check, just as they have been doing for the past 10 years.

You haven't been able to use credit cards for years anyways.

Sportsbooks that are publicly traded will probably not do business with us Americans anymore. But guess what? Most of the solid sportsbooks are privately owned and are just as safe. It will be business as usual for them.

All in all this will be a minor bump in the road. If you want to bet on a football game, you'll still be able to do so with ease.

No one will go to jail because they sent a few bucks to an offshore sportsbook and bet on a game. That's a fact.

This is all aimed to scare people and to put a crimp in the money flow pipeline.

as my friend FBPICKS says :

Brink - OUT

[jpehl]

Like i said earlier the more i look into it the more i like our chances. Yes they will make it hard to gamble online. Yes I believe that loopholes are being created as we speak. One thing i do look at as a problem is that it wil scare away alot of recreational gamblers. Thats not a problem in in sports betting but if you look at it from a poker perspective its almost as if the food chain will we disrupted. Just a thought.
jpehl

[teamtc11]

I thought it was just absolutly no credit cards and banks checks being able to fund accounts anymore. You can still send money by western union.
I notice for the last 2 months pinnaclesports has not been accepting western union.

[teamtc11]

All this poker crap is drawing way to much attention to online gaming. They are tring to shut down all the online poker sites.