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10-13-2006, 12:02 PM
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MSNBC Article - it is \"unenforceable\"
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10-13-2006, 12:05 PM
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Re: MSNBC Article - it is \"unenforceable\"
This is a good, detailed article.
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10-13-2006, 12:07 PM
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Re: MSNBC Article - it is \"unenforceable\"
"A banking industry source, who spoke with MSNBC.com on condition of anonymity, said industry lobbyists succeeded in getting language inserted into the legislation that will make the regulators’ job that much harder.
“If the regulation-writing authority says it’s not feasible to try and block the check and the electronic payment, the regulations can’t require the impossible,” the source said. "Also, the regulations will have to deal with language put in at the last minute that the regulations should require the credit card companies to avoid blocking legitimate transactions.” “Let’s just say my friends at the Fed were not itching for this bill to pass,” the source added with a chuckle."
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10-13-2006, 12:10 PM
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Re: MSNBC Article - it is \"unenforceable\"
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Michael Bolcerek, president of the Poker Players Alliance, said that many of those who consider online betting a harmless diversion probably won’t put up with the hassle. “It’s the casual player who enjoys the game responsibly and on a casual basis who is most likely to be impacted,” he said. His organization is pinning its hopes on winning an exemption from the ban as a “skill game” from a card player in a position of power – President Bush. Bolcerek cited a February 2004 article in “American Thinker” magazine that reported, “By reputation, the president was a very avid and skillful poker player when he was an MBA student” at Harvard University in the early 1970s. “We’re talking about an American tradition that is 150 years old … and is now mainstream,” he said. “We’re hoping that an old poker player would appreciate the wisdom of that argument.” [/ QUOTE ] So the PPA plans to get Bush to convince Congress that poker is a game of skill? Somebody please start a PAC. The PPA must be run be people who have no clue as to how the US political system operates.
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10-13-2006, 12:14 PM
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Bolcerek and the PPA must be f***ing morons, politically
"Michael Bolcerek, president of the Poker Players Alliance,...
His organization is pinning its hopes on winning an exemption from the ban as a “skill game” from a card player in a position of power – President Bush. " Say` it ain't so .... What a f***ing moron, politically speaking of course.
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10-13-2006, 12:19 PM
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Re: MSNBC Article - it is \"unenforceable\"
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[ QUOTE ] Michael Bolcerek, president of the Poker Players Alliance, said that many of those who consider online betting a harmless diversion probably won’t put up with the hassle. “It’s the casual player who enjoys the game responsibly and on a casual basis who is most likely to be impacted,” he said. His organization is pinning its hopes on winning an exemption from the ban as a “skill game” from a card player in a position of power – President Bush. Bolcerek cited a February 2004 article in “American Thinker” magazine that reported, “By reputation, the president was a very avid and skillful poker player when he was an MBA student” at Harvard University in the early 1970s. “We’re talking about an American tradition that is 150 years old … and is now mainstream,” he said. “We’re hoping that an old poker player would appreciate the wisdom of that argument.” [/ QUOTE ] So the PPA plans to get Bush to convince Congress that poker is a game of skill? Somebody please start a PAC. The PPA must be run be people who have no clue as to how the US political system operates. [/ QUOTE ] this is a bit off the subject but i thought they were going to be at the today show? i watched alot of it and didnt see anything. i could have missed it.
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10-13-2006, 12:19 PM
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Re: Bolcerek and the PPA must be f***ing morons, politically
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"Michael Bolcerek, president of the Poker Players Alliance,... His organization is pinning its hopes on winning an exemption from the ban as a “skill game” from a card player in a position of power – President Bush. " Say` it ain't so .... What a f***ing moron, politically speaking of course. [/ QUOTE ] Isn't this the equivalent of spending all the PPA contributions on lotto tickets using the same 6 numbers?
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10-13-2006, 12:43 PM
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Re: MSNBC Article - it is \"unenforceable\"
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Furthermore, he noted, existing customers will have icons on their desktops that can “dial out” to one of hundreds of phone numbers that will connect them to the overseas gambling sites. [/ QUOTE ] Doesn't the writer mean "IP adresses" here, and not phone numbers? The idea of having to dial in via telephone line and play with slow [cencored] dial up makes me want to puke.
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#9
10-13-2006, 12:48 PM
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Re: MSNBC Article - it is \"unenforceable\"
Congress didn't recently pass a "ban on internet gambling". Nothing today "made online gambling illegal". Two myths in the first two paragraphs. Makes the rest of the article suspect,IMHO.
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10-13-2006, 12:50 PM
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Re: MSNBC Article - it is \"unenforceable\"
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I don't know if this has been posted yet in the other threads. New online law is "uneforceable". [/ QUOTE ] Bah, good article, but at this rate there won't be much left to enforce if the sites keep dropping like flies.
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