[Tuff_Fish]

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Let me guess, every table will have a big advertisement on it, right? The site will be full of advertisements, everywhere. Am I getting warmer?

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Unfortunately, I think the advertisement model is a little too close to running a poker room for profit. It would be a good thing to try for interests that could afford the fight with the DOJ et al, but that is not my plan. I certainly have advocated that exact model before, but there is a fairly clear "for profit" component to it that pushes it over the line.

A good analogy is a bar that has a poker game going and also sells beer and food. The poker game is free of expenses, but the bar owner is profiting from the game, albeit indirectly. This has been tried and the success ratio has not been good.

I disagree totally and wholeheartedly, but the state AGs have carried the day so far. (a$$holes)

I am actually still researchng the underlying funding mechanism for this idea, but I want to know how many are liking the model from their point of view.

From your point of view, it is free, free, free.

Tuff