Here's what's funny about land based casinos. They don't want poker players there. They believe its a money loser and penny slots would be more useful in the space. Las Vegas just lost another poker room! Yet they don't want you to get online poker...they should all go screw themselves!!
jaymfc said:
+1 I don't think that the Federal Government will pass a sweeping law for legal poker. You can play online poker in the US at your own risk. State by State is the only way at this point, but let's hope they don't change the wire act (RAWA) which would kill the State progress.
My state is currently debating it again but wants to tax it at an obscene rate. The state next door I used to live in has had it regulated and legal for over a year and is showing massive successes.
It's silly the governments want to try to tell us what we can do in our own homes with our own money.
I still blame that crooked politician who I think in the early to mid-2000s painted online poker as a threat to "american family values" under the tagline "click your mouse....lose your house." People eat that kind of rhetoric up I think based on fear...which also explains why people vote for someone as incompetent as Trump.
I'm guessing a lot of people do not understand poker or understand online poker and take a politicians' word when they say it must be "evil" or "destructive." Hide yo kids hide yo wife, PokerStars is out here taking everyone's houses!
And not to make light of serious gambling addiction problems I do believe players, states, governments, and sites/casinos have a responsibility to promote responsible gambling and access to gambling addiction resources...but the vast majority of online and live poker players probably aren't degenerate gamblers and probably aren't gambling away everything to play poker.
Ironic that sports betting is seen in a better light than poker by the general public at times...and that's all about betting on what other people's actions are without any control of the action yourself!
It's silly the governments want to try to tell us what we can do in our own homes with our own money.
I still blame that crooked politician who I think in the early to mid-2000s painted online poker as a threat to "american family values" under the tagline "click your mouse....lose your house." People eat that kind of rhetoric up I think based on fear...which also explains why people vote for someone as incompetent as Trump.
I'm guessing a lot of people do not understand poker or understand online poker and take a politicians' word when they say it must be "evil" or "destructive." Hide yo kids hide yo wife, PokerStars is out here taking everyone's houses!
And not to make light of serious gambling addiction problems I do believe players, states, governments, and sites/casinos have a responsibility to promote responsible gambling and access to gambling addiction resources...but the vast majority of online and live poker players probably aren't degenerate gamblers and probably aren't gambling away everything to play poker.
Ironic that sports betting is seen in a better light than poker by the general public at times...and that's all about betting on what other people's actions are without any control of the action yourself!
JB_ILLINI said:
I see where you're coming from but casino owners are one of the primary reasons that poker/online gaming isn't totally legal. They see online gaming as unwelcome competition and the gov't knows it will be harder to collect taxes on winning, especially as bitcoin is growing in popularity. In short, I'm not sure when it will become legal (though I'm sure at some point it will), however, I am quite sure that Trump won't be excited to pass online gaming laws.
hopefully it comes to florida, so far only in NJ, i wanna play on 888 and stars for real money
Seems On Line Poker is stalling
We all expected that some progress with on line poker would happen at some point after Black Friday. But, as of today, I am beginning to wonder if it will happen in my life time, sine I will be 80 years young in a few months. lol
Oh well, for all the younger than me poker player, I hope so.
Mike
We all expected that some progress with on line poker would happen at some point after Black Friday. But, as of today, I am beginning to wonder if it will happen in my life time, sine I will be 80 years young in a few months. lol
Oh well, for all the younger than me poker player, I hope so.
Mike
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Smokewood said:
It was slipped into a "ports" bill during the Bush administration, but wasn't enforced. When Harry Reid was running for reelection he promised the Nevada casino industry that he'd get it enforced by the Obama administration. After Harry won, it got enforced. The Feds seized PokerStars and FullTilts domains, and arrested executives from both companies. Most smaller pokersites were "scared straight," and immediately limited US players to play money only. Things seem to have changed a bit, for whatever reason, but it seems it's not much better. I quit playing online because of it, but decided to give it a shot again this last week.
As soon as some politician thinks they have figured out a way to rake the game 100% and still get someone with their head up their butt as far as the government's to still play.JB_ILLINI said:
Greed and stupidity are the two largest hurdles here in the states. Need for absolute control is sickening. 4 states have finally figured out by joining pools that all of their games prosper.
It will be state by state. Ohio was completely surrounded by states with legalized casino gambling for 20 years before the governor legalized it for Ohio. 20 years of millions of players taking billions of dollars across the state line every weekend. When you are the last one to know then guess what? Not all of the "new" Ohio casinos together made the revenue in the first year that was predicted for each of them.
Folks already have their favourite places to play elsewhere. Stupidity and greed. Russia will be a democracy long before all 50 states have legalized poker.
Just saying. :banghead:
God bless. 😎
