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  1. Cabo Cabo is offline

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    May 22nd, 2012 (5/22/2012 12:53am) in reply to ShyGuy03533

    Two things to give all of us in the Atlanta area a little hope:

    Harrah's Cherokee should have "real" poker very soon and it's only 2 hours away.

    There is a Republican primary in GA on July 31st. The GOP executive committee has voted to put casino gambling on the ballot. The measure is not binding but if the results are overwhelmingly in favor of casino gambling it will be hard to ignore.

    http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-poli...e-1441091.html

    GA poker players; please keep this date in mind and get out and vote. As long as you are a registered voter in GA you can vote in this primary.
    Edited By: Cabo May 22nd, 2012 at 01:22 AM
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    May 22nd, 2012 (5/22/2012 4:52pm) in reply to yourdeadbud

    I hear you and can relate. Unfortunately, most of your statement is personal sentiment which means nothing to the politicians who control this matter. What DOES get their attention, though, and aggravates me to my wit's end is profitability. This situation poses not just potential but GUARANTEED gains, HEAVY gains, to the U.S. government, to PS incorporated, and to the (talented) players.

    Think about it. Think of when you were playing ring games. Think of how many times in an hour 5 cents was raked away - conservatively 7, maybe 8 times an hour? Now multiply that by 24 hours in a day. Now multiply that by 365 days a year. Now multiply that by TEN THOUSAND tables running concurrently. you get about 35 million dollars a year.

    Now think about the U.S. government and its highly jeopardized economy. If the politicians would stop acting like ostriches with their heads in the ground, they would realize, "Hey, if we allowed PS or FT to return, provided they a.) kept legitimate bookkeeping and b.) paid a ridiculous percentage to taxes, say 50%, we would have an extra 10 million dollars annually in tax revenue. That would supply quite a few schools and hospitals with resources they need to educate our kids and save our lives." Or, more realistically, "that would give our schools and hospitals an extra 5 million annually to teach our kids and save our lives AND pad our own wallets with another 5 million dollars." Therefore, their current actions seem to indicate that they have no intent on educating their kids, saving their own lives, or having extra money that they don't need to do anything to obtain.

    Now think about the bigwigs at PS incorporated with the aforementioned proposal. "Hmm... the US government would allow us to return there if we paid a high percentage in taxes. Let's see, mathematics, if we make an extra 35 million dollars a year but we had to pay 18 million back, are we still ahead??" I don't know, would you guys like an extra 18 million dollars a year?

    The books that your kids use in school aren't paid for by your tax dollars, they're paid for by state lottery proceeds. Think of all the good lottery proceeds have done, and now multiply that a thousandfold.

    And on a personal note, I hear you. I never bought into PS. I freerolled 30 cents. I turned that 30 cents into 25 dollars through penny and dime tournaments and had just built a legitimate bankroll to sit at the dime tables. There's all these people throwing their money away in GAMBLING at lotteries when I could be USING MY SKILL to play poker for the same means but with calculated odds.
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    May 22nd, 2012 (5/22/2012 4:59pm) in reply to slapshot2119

    You're way, way under on how much they rake. It's probably north of a billion a year
     
  4. Swiss2099 Swiss2099 is offline

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    May 22nd, 2012 (5/22/2012 5:52pm) in reply to Adam

    Why dont they just tax poker and then get the usa out of recession
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    May 22nd, 2012 (5/22/2012 6:32pm) in reply to norv

     
    Originally Posted by norv View Post

    yup, one reason stars bought ftp - they don't want any competition - they know how the landscape can change in a heartbeat!

    add: but i want you yankees back too, then hopefully some of the ruskis will go back to the other euro sites

    Why would you want the Russians gone?They have to be among the worlds worst players. If I could have a table full of em I would
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    May 22nd, 2012 (5/22/2012 6:49pm) in reply to DAT612

    All these politics aside, let the Americans play online!! END OF STORY!!
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  7. Cabo Cabo is offline

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    May 23rd, 2012 (5/23/2012 2:11pm) in reply to ACheemz

    On Wednesday, lawmakers in North Carolina approved a bill that would authorize the state’s only casino — the Harrah’s Cherokee near the Tennessee border — to offer traditional live table games, including poker

    According to the Associated Press, the Cherokees could eventually open up satellite locations in order to offer more games
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