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Old 11-12-2007, 09:29 AM
marcus19 marcus19 is offline
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Default A letter on a local newspaper: No to the Poker Channel in Malta

I came across this letter on a local Maltese newspaper:


Zapping through the list of channels on Melita's digital cable television, I came across the television station Poker Channel. Melita informs its customers that this channel will be "coming soon". What exactly are we to expect? Twenty-four hours of television coverage of poker tournaments, beamed to our homes, reinforcing the myth that poker is some sort of game of skill, at which anybody can excel provided he or she applies himself or herself sufficiently?

Are we to expect indiscriminate viewing times, even during day-time reserved for children? Is this how our local broadcasters aim to achieve a leap in quality?

What is the Broadcasting Authority's position in this regard? Are we not realising that such programmes, already being broadcast to our television screens (even, ironically considering that by no stretch of the imagination can poker be called a sport, on Eurosport channels), albeit late at night, are actually marketing the internet gaming industry?

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles.../poker-channel

I decided to register on these forums because I had to post this 'cause I couldn't believe my ears.

Btw this guy is from an NGO called Sedqa, which is basically supposed to "help" addicts (gamblers, drug users, alcholics, smokers etc). Now they want to ban the poker channel?

Anyone interested in replying do this [censored] can can send an email to the editor at: daily@timesofmalta.com providing you give your full name, address and id number (only name and city is posted on the paper).
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Old 11-12-2007, 11:33 AM
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Default Re: A letter on a local newspaper: No to the Poker Channel in Malta

... And that's why the locals in the game at the Dragonara makes play money look challenging.

That and the inbreeding :s

Anti-addiction people are generally well meaning but very dogmatic and this is even worse in Malta where the education system and society in general does not seem to encourage independent thought.
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Old 11-12-2007, 01:16 PM
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Default Re: A letter on a local newspaper: No to the Poker Channel in Malta

.... you were reading a maltese newspaper...
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Old 11-12-2007, 05:17 PM
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Default Re: A letter on a local newspaper: No to the Poker Channel in Malta



Take the Maltese Falcons +4 this Sunday
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Old 11-13-2007, 11:17 AM
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Default Re: A letter on a local newspaper: No to the Poker Channel in Malta

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... And that's why the locals in the game at the Dragonara makes play money look challenging.

That and the inbreeding :s

Anti-addiction people are generally well meaning but very dogmatic and this is even worse in Malta where the education system and society in general does not seem to encourage independent thought.

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Have you been to Malta by any chance? You seem to know a little about our little island... except I didn't like the inbreeding part [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]...(because it's not true, I hope...)

And JereLock, I was reading a Maltese newspaper because I am Maltese...duh...
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Old 11-13-2007, 03:47 PM
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Default Re: A letter on a local newspaper: No to the Poker Channel in Malta

weird, my mom owns a couple of your dogs.
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:14 PM
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He will be ok, if its like the UK poker channel now there will be little poker content anyway. He may have a problem with the interactive roulette on the other hand.
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