Bonus whores.com bans certain US visitors

Jerry D · #1 10-13-2006, 10:01 AM

Jeusus. Bonus whores.com is now banning and blocking some US players. If they detect you are coming from a state in the US that has declared online poker illegal, they won't let you onto their website. I guess twoplustwo won't be far behind...

primetime32 · #2 10-13-2006, 10:04 AM

perhaps it would be best to go that site without logging in? I am not an expert when it comes to IP issues but i doubt they are going to go out of their way to do this, but i could be wrong.

Markusgc · #3 10-13-2006, 10:07 AM

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Jeusus. I guess twoplustwo won't be far behind...

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That's retarded.

Jerry D · #4 10-13-2006, 10:12 AM

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Jeusus. I guess twoplustwo won't be far behind...

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That's retarded.

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No, got to the bonus whores site and read why they are doing it. If twoplustwo wants to stay within the current laws they will have to do it to.

chopstick · #5 10-13-2006, 01:16 PM

http://bonuswhores.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24630

for those who can't see it, it's from an admin there:

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We have implemented this as a precautionary move, if our software detects you are from one of the states where online poker is illegal, then it will ask if it has detected that accurately. This move allows us to operate completely legally in the US. Being an affiliate may be illegal, if it's an affiliate of *illegal* online gambling. However, despite what the DOJ may say, the Wire Act does not make online poker illegal (the courts have backed this up) so the only thing we had to comply with was the various state laws.*

BW does have further plans, in regards to the current legal situation in the US, and I look forward to revealing those when our attorneys tell me I can.

* I am not a lawyer, and while the above is my opinion, nobody should depend on it in lieu of a professional opinion.

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howdydudey · #6 10-13-2006, 01:17 PM

isnt there a way to mask your ip when surfing?

beaster · #7 10-13-2006, 03:36 PM

Sweet christ. This [censored] is getting just plain silly.

jek187 · #8 10-13-2006, 05:07 PM

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Jeusus. Bonus whores.com is now banning and blocking some US players. If they detect you are coming from a state in the US that has declared online poker illegal, they won't let you onto their website. I guess twoplustwo won't be far behind...

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Just for the record, we aren't banning anybody. We're just attempting to detect what state they're coming from, and if it's one of the bad states, then we try to confirm that.

Red Lion · #9 10-13-2006, 05:19 PM

What is teh list of states?

ckmj23 · #10 10-13-2006, 05:20 PM

I thought BW was sold to some guy overseas [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]