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[TMTTR]

New York Times article

It may require registration to read... not sure.

[Taso]

Who is Mr. McLoughlin? I remember TT said he talked to some journalists?

[TMTTR]

Bingo.

[onoble]

So don't talk about anything online... but to the NY times, that's ok?

such hypocrisy

[BriMc]

All he talked about were things that have already happened, clubs that have come and gone. Nothing hypocritical about that. The rule is not to talk about clubs that are currently operating.

[canvasbck]

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So don't talk about anything online... but to the NY times, that's ok?

such hypocrisy

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He only discussed clubs that had been in the media already, this is consitant with the posting rules. I don't normally take up for TT, but he did apply the same rules to himself that he enforces on this board, no hypocracy in that.

[nycbuddha]

I don't know TT (at least, I don't think I do, although B down at ... told me I probably knew him by sight), but the article gives NY poker a nice favorable slant and every club mentioned has been closed. So I'd say he did a good job. It also describes Frank as the good guy he was, which is a good thing.

[Rottersod]

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So don't talk about anything online... but to the NY times, that's ok?

such hypocrisy

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The policy has always been don't discuss news of these clubs until it has been reported in the mainstream press. TT has always been fair and consistent about this.

[Lottery Larry]

Skallagrim:

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that seems filled with contrasts: responsible adults slipping into clandestine locations like spies in the night,

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Skall, I submit that, until this negative connotation for live poker is dealt with, online poker is going to be a tough sell.



Can someone in NY (preferably a lawyer with UIC knowledge) explain how an illegal enterprise makes employees of said IE able to claim unemployment?

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The former employee of Playstation had worked at the club for three years, was covered by employee health insurance, paid taxes and was entitled to unemployment compensation after the club closed.

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Politicians all smoke crack, it seems....

[*TT*]

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Can someone in NY (preferably a lawyer with UIC knowledge) explain how an illegal enterprise makes employees of said IE able to claim unemployment?

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The former employee of Playstation had worked at the club for three years, was covered by employee health insurance, paid taxes and was entitled to unemployment compensation after the club closed.

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Politicians all smoke crack, it seems....

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I cannot speak for all the rooms because some operators may have changed the standard methods but Playstation paid taxes on all the revenue they bring in, paid their employees a salary (usually minimum wage because they operate on tips), offered health care benefits for the employees, and operated a legal businesses that cannot be closed down due to tax code regulations. This was something that the NY Times found very interesting, you can be an underground quasi-legal business such as a poker room and still be a responsible member of the business community. Some of the employees would be making minimum wage at best if it wasn't for the poker rooms, the community has taken many a person OFF of skid row; ironic isn't it?