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Lack of Media Coverage for Online Poker Ban

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  1. IDAMAN2000 IDAMAN2000 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 1:03am)

    I have yet to see one piece of national news on what is going on with the government shutting down the online poker sites! Is the PPA doing anything to get the attention of the national media to do a story on this? With so many people's lives being changed and the freedoms that are being taken away, it seems there should be some national coverage. Oh thats right, I guess the government runs the media and doesn't want it on the national stage!
  2. sirswish6 sirswish6 is offline i mean super business

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 1:15am) in reply to IDAMAN2000

    ive had prob 20 ppl that dont play online poker at all text me/call me and ask me what im up to/whats going on, been really surprised at how many ppl know about the ban tbh
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  3. IDAMAN2000 IDAMAN2000 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 1:23am) in reply to sirswish6

    I haven't seen or heard anything on it other than from poker related media outlets. Looks by your stats you play for a living. Good luck to you and all the other professionals, I hope it all works out for you guys.

    On a side note, I see you are from Chicago...Pacers are going to close out game 2!!!
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  4. P0KERDUUDE P0KERDUUDE is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 1:23am) in reply to IDAMAN2000

    I've seen quite a bit of coverage, it's just not any new info really. I was interviewed by someone from ESPN business insider which was pretty cool. Story is supposed to be published shortly.
     
  5. lockdownpokah lockdownpokah is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 1:25am) in reply to P0KERDUUDE

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13114935

    pretty much a joke the angle they report it from

    literally provides nothing about what actually happened
     
  6. J9thabest420 J9thabest420 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 1:29am) in reply to lockdownpokah

    GO ON QUAD JACKS
  7. rocksolid124 rocksolid124 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 1:30am) in reply to J9thabest420

    Fox News AND CNN ran stories the last couple of days actually on it.
  8. syringe syringe is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 4:34am) in reply to rocksolid124

    IDK how to do this but heres a link to a cnbc interveiw I thought was pretty good

    http://http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=1148592712#
  9. Frank1The1Tank Frank1The1Tank is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 5:08am) in reply to syringe

    Every major news outlet had at least one story on it. I checked a bunch throughout the day on friday just to see if anyone had differing things to say. Hell I was at the dentist today and saw a story about it on CNBC while in the waiting room.
     
  10. FLUSH634 FLUSH634 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 7:33am) in reply to Frank1The1Tank

    I 100% agree it needs more coverage. People need to understand how many jobs are being lost due to this and how many lives are being f'd. This was not handled correctly at all and thousands of people have LOTS of money locked/taken away without any notice as well as their job. Seems way more newsworthy than what i have seen...STEP UP

    lol They basically took every poker program off tv. Way too filthy
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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 7:36am) in reply to FLUSH634

    Here is a story written today... One guy had a court hearing this morning and plead not guilt...

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...ot-guilty.html
     
  12. FLUSH634 FLUSH634 is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 7:42am) in reply to donkiman

    That woman is a crackhead...i mean
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  13. donkiman donkiman is offline

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 9:24am) in reply to FLUSH634

    Unfortunately most people who don't play online are just as ignorant to the subject as she is. Although you would hope a little industry research would be done before conducting an interview for Bloomberg.
     
  14. s1nnr s1nnr is offline will stab you

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    Apr 19th, 2011 (4/19/2011 12:37pm) in reply to donkiman

    it was on sportscenter, but all they said was there was a crackdown
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