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Message: [QUOTE="Stick66, post: 676839, member: 7928"] [B]sanc·tion [/B][URL="http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/pronounce;_ylt=ArvcXitP5T3FdDA7phXYKAKugMMF?id=S0060200&path=prons/S0060200.wav"][IMG]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/edu/ref/ahd/t/pron.jpg[/IMG][/URL] (s[IMG]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/edu/ref/ahd/s/abreve.gif[/IMG]ngk[IMG]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/edu/ref/ahd/s/prime.gif[/IMG]sh[IMG]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/edu/ref/ahd/s/schwa.gif[/IMG]n) [SIZE=-2][URL="http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/pronunciation_key;_ylt=ApWnKEZI68HLJNsia2tqL7mugMMF"][COLOR=#0000ff]KEY[/COLOR][/URL] [/SIZE] [B]NOUN:[/B] [LIST=1] [*]Authoritative permission or approval that makes a course of action valid. See Synonyms at [URL="http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry;_ylt=Aj7vVXHdcOSB.QRBc50JdRCugMMF?id=P0201400"][COLOR=#0000ff]permission[/COLOR][/URL]. [*]Support or encouragement, as from public opinion or established custom. [*]A consideration, influence, or principle that dictates an ethical choice. [*][LIST=1] [*]A law or decree. [*]The penalty for noncompliance specified in a law or decree. [/LIST] [*]A penalty, specified or in the form of moral pressure, that acts to ensure compliance or conformity. [*]A coercive measure adopted usually by several nations acting together against a nation violating international law. [/LIST][B]TRANSITIVE VERB:[/B] [B]sanc·tioned [/B], [B]sanc·tion·ing [/B], [B]sanc·tions [/B] [LIST=1] [*]To give official authorization or approval to: [I]"The president, we are told, has sanctioned greed at the cost of compassion" [/I][I](David Rankin). [/I] [*]To encourage or tolerate by indicating approval. See Synonyms at [URL="http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry;_ylt=Ah1QjZVaDDflD3hn.F8GvrmugMMF?id=A0384500"][COLOR=#0000ff]approve[/COLOR][/URL]. [*]To penalize, especially for violating a moral principle or international law. [/LIST]The biggest sanction is that AP is losing tons of business from people who will no longer or won't ever start playing there due to the bad publicity. AP also santioned themselves by refunding funds to many players who were affected. The subject of influencing (AKA "rigging") online poker play by a site itself has been done to death. It would not benefit any prosperous business to risk losing their clientel by getting caught doing something like trying to end SNG's sooner. [/QUOTE]

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