party is pulling out
 

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Mother [censored]

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Holy [censored]. Didn't expect it to be this [censored] fast.

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Fu ck, not unexpected, but fu ck.

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Mother [censored]

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I would like to go on the record as being the first to express being disappointed about this decision.

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summama bitch! i just withdrew all my money. off to poker stars for the time being.

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well at least i dont have to wonder til tomorrow. vomit.

I love you alcohol.

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I knew it was coming, and it still made me sad to read it.

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Any chance this is just posturing on their part? Kind of like telling people they have no intention of shutting down when they know they will.

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cant believe they bottled it this quickly

"the Board respects the laws of the US government" - why da fuc should they? LOL - bunch of idiots Party - just shot themselves

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Well.. That is just spiffy.

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Cashout.

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Wow I am getting scared.

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i cant believe this is happening.

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they said they were pulling out but didn't give a timetable.

my impression from the tone is that it'd be immediate after the signage (i cashed out an hour or so ago in anticipation).

it's odd in an almost conspiratal way that they're rolling over so easily and did so little to fight it in the first place.

i really hope stars doesn't bail as easily.

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this is suck

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does this mean all my mining for the weak is a waste? DAMMIT!

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Wow.

WSEX couldn't be happier right now.

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I don't want to be skeptical, but, OP, who are you?

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Wow I am getting scared.

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Tinfoil hat time.

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wow, any idea how much of parties player population is American?

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Dikshit is a sissy

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thank you very much for your shi t Party VIP
didn;t even try to fight for us

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I don't want to be skeptical, but, OP, who are you?

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You don't need to be skeptical.

I had heard all day yesterday that it was happening from insider sources. This is completely true.

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Note the language in the first paragraph.

"On 30 September 2006, the United States Congress passed The Safe Port Act. That measure also contained certain provisions known as the ‘Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006’ that will affect the processing of payments between US customers and online gaming companies, including PartyGaming, that are publicly traded and licensed and regulated in respected jurisdictions."

There's nothing in the new US law that applies to public companies any more than private ones, or companies in the UK any more than companies in Antigua. Nevertheless, I think this is reflective of some of the reasons why Party chose to suspend operations in the US. By extension, it would be more surprising to see some of the private offshore sites (UB, PokerStars, FullTilt et. al.) suspend operations to the US immediately.

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He got the info, direct from the london stock exchange press release, this is as legit as it gets.

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I really can't believe they've done this. I thought they would at least put up some sort of a fight.

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"The Act is expected to be signed into law by President Bush within the next two weeks. If signed into law, it will immediately make unlawful the receipt by a gambling business of proceeds or monies in connection with unlawful internet gambling. The Act does not clarify the definition of unlawful gambling. However, as the first piece of Federal legislation dealing explicitly with internet gaming, it does make clear that the US government intends to stop the flow of funds from Americans to online gaming operators through criminal sanction. The Act also asserts that, under US law, a wager must be permitted under the laws both of the customer’s place of residence and that of the operator.

After taking extensive legal advice, the Board of PartyGaming Plc has concluded that the new legislation, if signed into law, will make it practically impossible to provide US residents with access to its real money poker and other real money gaming sites."

This is just the beginning. If they came to this conclusion, the other sites probably will, as well.

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wow, any idea how much of parties player population is American?

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75-80%.

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does this mean all my mining for the weak is a waste? DAMMIT!

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My thoughts exactly when I heard about this.

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The end.

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2 weeks dudes.

Do you think any of the bigger sites will try to [censored] over the US players and just flat out refuse cashouts?

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un [censored] in believable

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i'm watching it live on tv

party opened down 40%, 888 down 33%

party gets 75% of customers from the US, 888 gets 70%

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I just did a google news search and found a comparable article on Rueters.

Not good news at all

Les

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2 weeks dudes.

Do you think any of the bigger sites will try to [censored] over the US players and just flat out refuse cashouts?

[/ QUOTE ]No way, if they did that then none of their customers outside the US would trust them with their money.

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I did cashout my $$$ from party 3days ago until yesterday I just got it.
before it oly took 2hrs back to my neteller.
stop play there and cash out your $$$ now before [censored] thing happen

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I know this has been discussed before, but does anybody else suspect that PartyPoker implemented the Monster in order to increase their rake, anticipating that this sort of thing would happen?

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i'm watching it live on tv

party opened down 40%, 888 down 33%

party gets 75% of customers from the US, 888 gets 70%

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that is one cool tv you have. shows future broadcasting?