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  1. Raisor_ Raisor_ is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 1:03am)

    The court decision in Franklin Circuit Court today here in Kentucky has left me really uncertain as to my future playing poker. After talking to a friend, he suggested that it could be possible to set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to a friend's computer in another state. Considering I know how to turn on my computer, and login to poker websites, but not much else, I'd like some advice from someone more savvy than myself as to what can be done if this decision is enforced. Whether a VPN would be possible to set up,and any technical challenges to doing this. If there would be a better alternative to this, please suggest it. I'm open to whatever, I really don't want to have to move to a neighboring state to make a living.
  2. aad aad is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 1:14am) in reply to Raisor_

    Hi Raisor, long time no see. Still playing PLO8 on UB?

    it's possible - but it would be illegal. What are you going to do with the money you win? Pay taxes on it? Busted! Not pay taxes on it? Double illegal.

    It's soooo stupid. They say to protect horse racing. Yeah right. If poker were illegal I will spend exactly $0.00 on horseracing in Knetucky or anywhere else. They say to protect children from using their parents credit cards and go and play poker. Oh, I see, but paying for porn and so is okay then? They say gambling is immoral. Oh yeah? Do they even know what happens to all those horses that come of the racetrack at age of 6 (which is young for a horse but too old for race horse)? They are being hauled in apalling conditions to slaughterhouses in Mexico and Canada (horseslaughter too is illegal in this free country) where the horses suffer tremendously before being ground and canned for export to Belgium. I find THAT immoral.

    ----aad
  3. Duffy08 Duffy08 is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 1:18am) in reply to Raisor_

    meh, if government keeps ramming us...Just finally give us enough excuses to move to some tropical paradise where the living is wayyy cheaper

    f the US
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  4. leftygrove leftygrove is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 1:19am) in reply to Raisor_

    I'm pretty sure there are some websites offering VPN services, or services that are very similar to it, which you could use to bypass the internet ban. Moving out of state seems ridiculous when you can just pay $10 or $20 a month for a service like this.

    I've dealt with Remote Desktop Access with lots of success (high school had ridiculous censors, so I just did RDA with my computer at home, and did whatever the fuck I wanted), but never VPN. It seems pretty simple at first glance. If I were you, I'd try the process out with a friend locally, and if you get that to work, try them with the person out of state that you know. Guides for you:

    http://compnetworking.about.com/od/v...nwindowsxp.htm <--set up VPN

    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...pert/vpns.mspx <--access VPN

    glglgl
  5. swd805 swd805 is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 1:21am) in reply to Raisor_

    you think the sites will actually block KY IPs?
  6. m0ss m0ss is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 1:25am) in reply to swd805

    there is a nifty program out there called hidemyip. I would take a look into it.
  7. leftygrove leftygrove is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 1:27am) in reply to aad

     
    Originally Posted by aad View Post


    it's possible - but it would be illegal. What are you going to do with the money you win? Pay taxes on it? Busted! Not pay taxes on it? Double illegal.

    I would be willing to bet a shiny nickel that the Kentucky legislation is only looking to take the domain names. The governor isn't making online poker any more illegal than it is now; he is just making it inaccessible to Kentuckians.

    If Raisor is worried about paying taxes on it, he can just file as a live pro and claim his online winnings as live winnings.

    Sorry, but to lie down against bullshit legislation like this is more of a crime than playing online poker.

    Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" FTW:

     

    Unjust laws exist; shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded, or shall we transgress them at once? Men generally, under such a government as this, think that they ought to wait until they have persuaded the majority to alter them. They think that, if they should resist, the remedy would be worse than the evil. But it is the fault of the government itself that the remedy is worse than the evil. It makes it worse. Why is it not more apt to anticipate and provide for reform? Why does it not cherish its wise minority? Why does it cry and resist before it is hurt? Why does it not encourage its citizens to be on the alert to point out its faults, and do better than it would have them? Why does it always crucify Christ, and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels?

  8. I Spew Chips I Spew Chips is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 2:10am) in reply to leftygrove

    I call it getting life rivered.
     
  9. Raisor_ Raisor_ is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 4:59pm) in reply to I Spew Chips

    Lefty,

    I appreciate the insight and advice you've given. Still exploring all my options... but the things you've suggested sound good, and pretty much in line with some other advice I've been given.

    The thing that really sucks the worst about all this shit is that it isn't the Kentucky Legislature that is doing this, it's the judiciary. The governor made an end run around the lawmakers and used that increasingly insidious way to get unpopular shit done, Judicial Activism. Just find a judge with your belief system, and then u can just say Fuck the Voter.

    Will keep youall posted with how things are going in the BLuegrass State

    Raisor
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  10. darthsikle darthsikle is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 5:01pm) in reply to Raisor_

    You can set up on a friends computer in a neighboring state by using

    www.gotomypc.com

    Only $15 per month
  11. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 6:30pm) in reply to darthsikle

    Let us know how it all works out, good luck bro, what a shit situation to be put it...
  12. I Fold I Fold is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 7:06pm) in reply to Raisor_

    Hey Raisor:

    Its Pkrsmycrack, from UB -sucks about your state. I cant help you but just wanted to say what up, glad you signed up here.

    Later

    Wes
  13. dlmoney dlmoney is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 7:13pm) in reply to I Fold

    has anyone tried remote accessing or vpn? would pstars be okay with people doing this? i don't know if stars can tell if someone is using remote desktop. but i can see where this could lead to people multi accounting, Remote to two different computer in two different location, 2 different accounts.
  14. nutserrytime nutserrytime is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 7:24pm) in reply to Raisor_

    just move farrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr away from Kentucky and ur str8
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  15. Luckypizza Luckypizza is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 7:50pm) in reply to nutserrytime

    This really sucks. I moved away from kentucky in 1979 and just moved back this summer. Had I known this BS was going to happen, I would have moved to TN. What a weasel this governor is. Is he a Republican?
  16. freeworld777 freeworld777 is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 7:56pm) in reply to Raisor_

    isnt it just the website URLs that are being banned/seized? Won't you still be able to access the clients?? (i haven't read up on the case at all so pardon my ignorance).
  17. Kanye-East83 Kanye-East83 is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 8:41pm) in reply to Raisor_

     
    Originally Posted by Raisor_ View Post

    The court decision in Franklin Circuit Court today here in Kentucky has left me really uncertain as to my future playing poker. After talking to a friend, he suggested that it could be possible to set up a Virtual Private Network (VPN) to a friend's computer in another state. Considering I know how to turn on my computer, and login to poker websites, but not much else, I'd like some advice from someone more savvy than myself as to what can be done if this decision is enforced. Whether a VPN would be possible to set up,and any technical challenges to doing this. If there would be a better alternative to this, please suggest it. I'm open to whatever, I really don't want to have to move to a neighboring state to make a living.

    Raizor,...its Hatfield,..glad to see you hitting the boards. As of now I can still log in to all of my poker clients,..you having problems? As for Breshear,..he is the most idiotic ass clown to ever be voted into a governing office. I love the fact that this states thrives off of three industries: Bourbon, Tobacco, and Horse Racing,..yet he decided to take the moral "highgound" an attempt to ban online gambling? This is the most ridiculous example of the goverment circumventing the general public in order to accomplish their own personal agendas, and protect their own financial well being. GG KY,...Indiana FTW!!!!
  18. iamtheflash iamtheflash is offline

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    Oct 17th, 2008 (10/17/2008 8:49pm) in reply to Luckypizza

    Hey Raisor, I was just talking about this today...Im sad to here this news and feel bad that you cant play online poker in your state. This is total bullshit...Im serious when I say this but, if you can move, even to a neighboring state if you need to be close to home, cuz kentucky sucks ass obv. Again this is horribad news and is totally efft,

    F Kentucky
  19. Strifer Strifer is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 1:02am) in reply to iamtheflash

    I just signed a new lease for a year a week before this went down. ><

    I can't wait to see how this gets flipped back on them tenfold.
  20. Jlivey Jlivey is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 1:20am) in reply to Duffy08

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=center><TD align=left colSpan=2><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Re:LOCKED OUT IN KENTUCKY </TD><TD vAlign=center align=right>In reply to </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD align=right>Reply Quote </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD class=P5_PostContent><TABLE height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=ForumPostContentText>'meh, if government keeps ramming us...Just finally give us enough excuses to move to some tropical paradise where the living is wayyy cheaper

    f the US'
    </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>I really wish you guys can hear the words that come out your mouths (or your finger tips) I have you know there are Soldiers dying so you can sit there at your fucking computer and say F the US.

    F you Duffy.
  21. qjuice14 qjuice14 is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 1:35am) in reply to Jlivey

    with all do respect jlivey, the new policies trying to be forced on us that are clear violations of our civil liberties go against all the freedoms that our soldiers have fought. if the us military is supposed to defend and protect america and its ideals maybe it should start at home where these dangerous precendents being set by our government that are the greatest threat to us as americans.
     
  22. bonkey bonkey is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 1:41am) in reply to Raisor_

    If they are only blocking the domains, does that mean they are making the names resolv to different IPs? IF so, you could just hardcode the sites IP addresses in your hosts file. Problem solved.
  23. YanniYankievich YanniYankievich is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 2:06am) in reply to Duffy08

     
    Originally Posted by Duffy08 View Post

    meh, if government keeps ramming us...Just finally give us enough excuses to move to some tropical paradise where the living is wayyy cheaper

    f the US

    ftw!
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  24. swd805 swd805 is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 2:16am) in reply to Jlivey

     
    Originally Posted by Jlivey View Post

    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="center"><td colspan="2" align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>Re:LOCKED OUT IN KENTUCKY </td><td align="right" valign="center">In reply to </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="right">Reply Quote </td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>'meh, if government keeps ramming us...Just finally give us enough excuses to move to some tropical paradise where the living is wayyy cheaper

    f the US'
    </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>I really wish you guys can hear the words that come out your mouths (or your finger tips) I have you know there are Soldiers dying so you can sit there at your fucking computer and say F the US.

    F you Duffy.

    No, the soldiers are dying because they got stuck in an unnecessary war, caused by the idiot bush. Dont u see why its ironic that ur mad thats he's exercising his rights that have been paid for by the blood of american soldiers?
  25. Hoobangin Hoobangin is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 3:59am) in reply to swd805

    Jlivey are you really that ignorant?
     
  26. allynlong allynlong is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 11:47am) in reply to Hoobangin

    The govenor is a dumbass pond scum sucking asshole rights taking away liberal ass DEMOCRAT!!!!!!!!!!
    Just like the ones who have been in CONTROL of CONGRESS for 2 FRICKIN years and have done NOTHING to legalize online gaming........
    Thankfully Obama will soon set up the payout structure of the Sunday Million so that guys like me who finish 15567th will get just as much as the hard workers who make the Top 5......Justice!!!
  27. Gags30 Gags30 is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 11:51am) in reply to swd805

     
    Originally Posted by swd805 View Post

     
    Originally Posted by Jlivey View Post

    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="center"><td colspan="2" align="left"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>Re:LOCKED OUT IN KENTUCKY </td><td align="right" valign="center">In reply to </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="right">Reply Quote </td></tr></tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" height="100%" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td>'meh, if government keeps ramming us...Just finally give us enough excuses to move to some tropical paradise where the living is wayyy cheaper

    f the US'
    </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>I really wish you guys can hear the words that come out your mouths (or your finger tips) I have you know there are Soldiers dying so you can sit there at your fucking computer and say F the US.

    F you Duffy.

    No, the soldiers are dying because they got stuck in an unnecessary war, caused by the idiot bush.

    QFT
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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 12:30pm) in reply to Raisor_

    Raisor, Just fired off an email to the Gov of the tobacco raising-horse euthanizing state of Kentucky to voice my opnion of his misguided action and hope all P5 ers do the same. GL X
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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 6:04pm) in reply to Luckypizza

    How about obey the Laws of the greatest country of the world. Online Poker is not Legal no matter how much you people want it to be! And newsflash, Barney Frank ain't saving nothing!!!! He is an idiot!!! I hope Kentucky wins this whole thing and other states follow.
  30. rocksolid124 rocksolid124 is offline

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    Oct 18th, 2008 (10/18/2008 6:10pm) in reply to Triscotto90

     
    Originally Posted by Triscotto90 View Post

    How about obey the Laws of the greatest country of the world. Online Poker is not Legal no matter how much you people want it to be! And newsflash, Barney Frank ain't saving nothing!!!! He is an idiot!!! I hope Kentucky wins this whole thing and other states follow.

    Actually...online poker is not illegal.

    *Edit* And yes you're totally right. If the American public doesn't agree with a law, they should just shut up and not say anything about it. I mean, damn us for thinking we live in a democracy or anything.
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