Re: Canada should host WSOP and more...eventually!
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Hey,
I was thinking since the U.S. plans to increase tax on tournament wins and for the time being the future for poker in the U.S. looks pretty much dead. Why not try and host many poker tourneys as well as the WSOP. If the money is tax free then surely this has to be considered?
Just an idea. First post but been reading the forums for quite a while.
p.s. grammar/spelling probably way off as I had a few too many watching the leafs hockey game.
Andy
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Welcome and thanks for the post. Most of the tax issues have been covered. Moving the WSOP does nothing to change the tax obligations.
You may want to focus on the other benefits of having the WSOP in Canada. For example, where can 6000+ poker players stay and play while in Canada? Is there a gambling mecca for Canada that can deal with all the action. Remember, in addition to the WSOP this past summer, we had three other series of poker tournaments running in Vegas at the same time. Can Canada accomodate that kind of action?
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