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"Harry Reid: Online poker legalization falls off agenda"

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  1. kdunlapmo kdunlapmo is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 9:33pm)

    Call off the hounds


    http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/pol...-falls-agenda/

     

    Rest easy, traditionalists: online poker will not be entering the legally authorized gaming arena this lame duck Congress, and that probably means it won’t be happening any time soon.

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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 9:38pm) in reply to kdunlapmo

    Let it be known... next time everyone goes crazy about the world ending... think of the Y2K bug and then calm down cause it'll never happen :D
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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 9:40pm) in reply to ShyGuy03533

    obv
     
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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 9:44pm) in reply to dOwnosaur

    can i say weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeE
     
  5. yarbles yarbles is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 9:52pm) in reply to FLUSHDUDE

    a wise man once said "a crack dealers gonna crack deal well cause crack head gonna crack head" fact
    Edited By: yarbles Dec 8th, 2010 at 09:52 PM
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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 9:53pm) in reply to yarbles

     
    Originally Posted by pwnsmyself View Post

    a wise man once said "a crack dealers gonna crack deal well cause crack head gonna crack head" fact

    WP
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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 9:59pm) in reply to Pops28

    weeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
     
  8. Passiveplay Passiveplay is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 10:17pm) in reply to Iplaythabored

    But if the PPA said this was a horrible bill but the current way of operating will crumble, I wonder if they know something we don't.
     
  9. dust dust is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 10:20pm) in reply to Iplaythabored

    I am still confused about how I should feel about this, now we still have to worry about getting our $$$ from PS and FTP. I don't know how much longer it will last until the Fed freeze up all of the processors, then it'll be gg to online poker for sure.

    Whats your take?
    Edited By: dust Dec 8th, 2010 at 10:20 PM
  10. donkthorne04 donkthorne04 is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 10:28pm) in reply to dust

    if the last 12 months or so have been any indication we probably wanted this to pass, even in its inconvenient incarnation
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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 10:32pm) in reply to donkthorne04

     
    Originally Posted by donkthorne04 View Post

    if the last 12 months or so have been any indication we probably wanted this to pass, even in its inconvenient incarnation

    This. Yes the blackouts and what not of the bill sucked pretty hard, but the current climate of online poker is not sustainable...something is going to give soon.

    Also, I'm not sure how reliable that source is...in the title he says the bill is dead and at the end it claims that its simply 'not likely'.

    I'd bet its safe to assume its still in play.
     
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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 10:35pm) in reply to spectrefax

    It may be off the agenda, but that doesn't mean it won't happen for sure. Recall that the draft versions of the UIGEA were going nowhere until Bill Frist attached the legislation to the must pass Port Security Bill at the last minute. Reid is in position to do similar no matter what he says in public.
     
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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 11:05pm) in reply to The Baby Bull

    weeeeeeeeeeee Xtasy will continue
  14. kdunlapmo kdunlapmo is offline

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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 11:23pm) in reply to dgtballer

    Well then this comes across twitter...again..how reliable

    http://twitter.com/#!/dcinsidecontac...46806454276099

     

    #reidbill CONFIRMED, reid bill IS attached. press conference at 8 EST.

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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 11:30pm) in reply to The Baby Bull

    Unfortunately for you boys the'll be back.

    What they really dont like is the amount of money that goes overseas to PS & FT which is lost to the economy.
    So much for free democratic countries.

    Here in the UK we get to vote every 4-5 years in a election with 3 very very similar runners, and thats called democracy!
    When you have career politicians, forget it.
    Edited By: rayfox111 Dec 9th, 2010 at 12:18 AM
    Reason: wish I could spell
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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 11:49pm) in reply to rayfox111

    Lets just say the bill is dead, wouldn't that give PS and FTP to come back to WA and the states alike to offer their service? I mean like the article said, the next politicians in line to take over Reid next year are those who opposed the bill, it'll take at least 4-5 years more before something like this could happen again. Won't that be an incentive for PS and FTP to go all out again in the US? By then I'm sure they could have some other strat to get a chance to get license in the US.
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    Dec 8th, 2010 (12/8/2010 11:50pm) in reply to dust

    It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next 10 days. The UIGEA was all but dead in 2006 and then was attached at the last minute, so that's entirely possible. The PPA commented on the Las Vegas Sun article by Tweeting, "No bill is dead until Congress adjourns..."
     
  18. fratzner fratzner is offline

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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 12:01am) in reply to Dan

    #reidbill, PROOF of reid bill passage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5S...eature=related
     
  19. Dan Dan is offline Administrator

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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 12:41am) in reply to fratzner

    The LV Sun issued a correction of their own on this story: http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/pol...-falls-agenda/, so the online poker legislation appears to be on.
     
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 12:45am) in reply to Dan

     
    Originally Posted by Dan View Post

    The LV Sun issued a correction of their own on this story: http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/pol...-falls-agenda/, so the online poker legislation appears to be on.

    Plus,

    From Wall Street Journal Capital Bureau...23 minutes ago

    Reid ‘Still Working On’ Online Poker Bill

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) hasn’t folded yet in his effort to make Internet poker legal, Reid spokesman Tom Brede tells Washington Wire.
    Mr. Brede said in an email that Mr. Reid is “still working on” passing the online poker bill. The email exchange came after the Las Vegas Sun reported earlier Wednesday that Mr. Reid said legalizing Internet poker was no longer an objective during the lame-duck session.
    Edited By: WEC Dec 9th, 2010 at 12:47 AM
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 1:14am) in reply to WEC

    On a crazy emotional roller coaster here, and I'm not even sure what I am rooting for. Definitely not a dead issue atm.

    From bluffmag, 55 min ago:

    http://news.bluffmagazine.com/the-fi...-agenda-17373/
    Edited By: hrk Dec 9th, 2010 at 01:16 AM
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 1:24am) in reply to hrk

    not sure if this has anything to do with it but neither me nor my friend can deposit on full tilt right now... and i just deposited 6 days ago
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 1:29am) in reply to dust

     
    Originally Posted by dust View Post

    I am still confused about how I should feel about this, now we still have to worry about getting our $$$ from PS and FTP. I don't know how much longer it will last until the Fed freeze up all of the processors, then it'll be gg to online poker for sure.

    Whats your take?

    We can still cash out by check, right everybody??
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 1:37am) in reply to thebroooom

     
    Originally Posted by BenJamin327 View Post

    We can still cash out by check, right everybody??

    Here's your answer... eventually this will happen to online poker...

    http://www.pocketfives.com/f7/no-che...ng-ftp-608837/
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 1:41am) in reply to thebroooom

    If this bill doesnt pass this time around, will that mean that we'll still be able to play on FTP and PS til they come up with a new proposal???
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 1:56am) in reply to TildaRiva

    If this bill doesn't pass, I hope PS and FTP would seriously consider coming back to WA and the like states because it would be at least another 4-5 years before something like this could happen again.
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 1:57am) in reply to TildaRiva

     
    Originally Posted by TildaRiva View Post

    If this bill doesnt pass this time around, will that mean that we'll still be able to play on FTP and PS til they come up with a new proposal???

    Yes we will, but some people who support the passing of this bill and/or the blackout etc believe stars/full tilt will eventually run out of deposit options for U.S. players because of the DOJ n feds cracking down harder on online poker. Wish it could be as easy as no blackout and let us spend our money where we want, but when there's billions of dollars at stake who knows what could happen.
     
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 3:12am) in reply to kdunlapmo

    Are any of you guys cashing out some of your roll online now since if the bill gets passed, which i heard can be the earliest as next week or December 17th, then we would have to withdraw anyway?

    I mean if you have a small amount online, i don't think you have to worry about it but i mean to those guys who might have a lot of money in their stars or full tilt account, would you say it would be wise to take a good portion of it right now? I know they say even if the bill gets passed, stars/full tilt would have 30 days so people would be then cashing out and converting their fpp to cash etc.
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 3:14am) in reply to victory1

    lets just wait and see what happens first
     
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    Dec 9th, 2010 (12/9/2010 3:18am) in reply to adamsapple19

    crack dealers gonna deal crack. FACT
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