Scandinavian comments about the new US poker situation.

[William]

Many Scandinavians that play casual poker, both live and online have heard about the new US legislation.


Here are some of the comments/explanations that I have heard about the current situation:

- It's just a matter of time before the same happens over here.

- This happened as a result of a recent wave of homeless people in the USA. Too many people lost everything gambling.

- It's only rumors spread by the smaller sites to provoque a migration of players from the bigger sites.

- Can you play poker online now? Get out of here!

- I read the mafia was not making enough money at their casinos in Vegas and threaten the gvt to pass this bill.

- If you haven't noticed, we are not April 1st yet.

- Online poker is rigged and the Yanks found out about it.

- Muslim countries were financing terrorism with online gambling sites.

- Do you think they will let Americans play at Ladbrokes now?

- Sir, if you don't stop talking about online poker, the casino will have to ask you to leave...

- You promissed not to talk about poker tonight! (angry girlfriend)

- The oil prices are so high that they are trying to stop the cash flow to foreign countries.

- Honey, you should take a break from poker while the dust settles. Tomorrow I will go shopping for some new lingerie... (lucky bastard)

[gurgeh]

I love Scandinavians. For pure humor though, nothing beats a New England accent. I was at Foxwoods yesterday for some live play, and attracted questions just by wearing my Poker Stars jacket.

Him: [taps me on shoulder] Hey, you, uh, you play on Pokah Stahs?
Me: Yes.
Him: Oh man, maybe you know about this then: Is Pokah Stahs outta business? I mean is online pokah done, cuz of that, uh, that thing they signed?
Me: No. The bill only banned financial transactions to gambling sites, so in using Neteller you're fine. Anyway, a lot of sites have said they don't care.
Him: [reaches into wallet and proudly shows me his Neteller debit card]

As a side note, this was not the only guy I ran into yesterday who thought that online poker had been banned and was now inaccessible to Americans.

[Busted_Flat]

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This happened as a result of a recent wave of homeless people in the USA. Too many people lost everything gambling.

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Are you crazy? Americans don't care about homeless people, especially not the government.

[blueodum]

These were hilarious, especially ...

Sir, if you don't stop talking about online poker, the casino will have to ask you to leave...

[Oberonn]

Good observations.

I just want to clear up one fallacy. There are no homeless people in the US. They have been reclassified as Urban Outdoorsmen.