Re: All regulation is doomed to fail, but it can be a bitch meanwhile
"Do you honestly think that if the Frank bill passes tomorrow, Full Tilt and Pokerstars will come into line? "
Based upon personal conversations with poker site owners, ANY site which could get a US license would do so.
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"The government is helpless against the changes. They can't regulate if people aren't willing to go along."
Cactus, you really misunderstand politics and the public's social order.
Sadly, "People" are willing to "go along" with almost any regulation because they are willing to buy into fear of free markets.
I agree that Internet commerce is defintiely a cross-border phenomenon of common interests. However, you dismis too readily other social bonds and forces in your belief that commerce is all-powerful.
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