The UIGEA (Internet, not Online) was signed into law by George W. Bush on October 13, 2006.
This is a law.
My shutdown Neteller and numerous poker accounts serve as proof enough to me. I hope Antigua takes our government to the cleaners on this.
Legalize it, regulate it, tax it. Give it a brand name that unskilled players recognize so I can take their money. All the small fish are gone, and us bigger fish have to feed on each other to survive.
Like Mumble in Happy Feet, I just want my fish back.
"The internet is beyond the congressionally approved reach of the FCC as it was created."
They don't seem to think so...
See the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) tacked onto the Port Security Bill signed last month.
Online casinos care because if they get a repuation for have a site full of bots, no humans will play there, and then there will be no rake coming in at all.
The problem is then, your play.
The odds do not change because you play against a bad player. Your play is what should be changing. You are not changing your play to take this into account, therefore, you end up losing.
Read Harrington. Learn about sizing your bets properly.
If you believe:
this completely throws off any odds calculations that you may have
Then you don't understand the math of poker very well.
The odds do not change for a first timer chasing a flush or Phil Hellmuth chasing a flush.
Isn't it time that new MMOs take a different direction? Different types of games brought into a MMO environment seem like they'd do well. Atari's Test Drive Unlimited seems to be headed close to that direction. MMO's can be so much more than slaying dragons and fighting in space.
I used to work at a Public School as a computer technician, and out of nowhere came a huge uproar about this. Nosy teacher aides got pointing out specific things in kids profiles, like "I love to smoke pot" or nonsense like that... making it even a bigger problem.
I immediately shut down access to the site, but it still didn't stop the kids from accessing it at home, and they ended up having a state trooper come in the next day and talk to kids about making their profiles less specific.
Kids are stupid. Real stupid. I saw profiles with kids full names and phone numbers.
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The UIGEA (Internet, not Online) was signed into law by George W. Bush on October 13, 2006. This is a law. My shutdown Neteller and numerous poker accounts serve as proof enough to me. I hope Antigua takes our government to the cleaners on this. Legalize it, regulate it, tax it. Give it a brand name that unskilled players recognize so I can take their money. All the small fish are gone, and us bigger fish have to feed on each other to survive. Like Mumble in Happy Feet, I just want my fish back.
"The internet is beyond the congressionally approved reach of the FCC as it was created." They don't seem to think so... See the UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act) tacked onto the Port Security Bill signed last month.
Valid info?? I don't even give cashiers the right zip code, when they ask me for my zip at a local store to get their marketing flyers out.
Online casinos care because if they get a repuation for have a site full of bots, no humans will play there, and then there will be no rake coming in at all.
Isn't it time that new MMOs take a different direction? Different types of games brought into a MMO environment seem like they'd do well. Atari's Test Drive Unlimited seems to be headed close to that direction. MMO's can be so much more than slaying dragons and fighting in space.
If you have to be anonymous, then you probably DON'T have freedom of speech anyway.
I used to work at a Public School as a computer technician, and out of nowhere came a huge uproar about this. Nosy teacher aides got pointing out specific things in kids profiles, like "I love to smoke pot" or nonsense like that... making it even a bigger problem. I immediately shut down access to the site, but it still didn't stop the kids from accessing it at home, and they ended up having a state trooper come in the next day and talk to kids about making their profiles less specific. Kids are stupid. Real stupid. I saw profiles with kids full names and phone numbers.