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What sites will return if 2% tax on deposits bill passes?

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  1. Ship Happens Ship Happens is offline

    Taylor, MI
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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 2:57pm)

    Id love to see ooooooo partyyyy pokahhhhhh come back. I started there.
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  2. DexterCain DexterCain is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 3:00pm) in reply to Ship Happens

    omg please come back party poker
  3. Arobinson11 Arobinson11 is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 3:01pm) in reply to DexterCain

    I keep wanting to think that if party does come back I wont play there on principle, but I know there are too many bad players there to not go back.
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  4. Willywoo Willywoo is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 3:04pm) in reply to Ship Happens

    Returning sites?

    What about all the new sites?

    I would, however, not start counting sites before they are hatched.

    This bill has a mountain to climb, as there are some people who think gambling is bad.
  5. mdoggy mdoggy is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 6:04pm) in reply to Ship Happens

    You're wasting your energy hoping any bill passes any time soon.
  6. Adam Adam is offline Emperor

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 6:07pm) in reply to Arobinson11

    I guess I just don't really understand what principle you (and others, clearly) feel you'd be upholding by not playing there. They didn't "abandon" US players---they did what they had to do. None of the publicly traded companies stayed in the US market, and there's a reason for that. Business isn't personal; I'm sure they'd have stayed in the US market if they could have.
     
  7. bigfatstub bigfatstub is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 7:35pm) in reply to mdoggy

    doggy I am happy to report that I think you are way off.

    1 year from now the "Game of skill" exclusion will exist
  8. polaris769 polaris769 is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 7:43pm) in reply to Ship Happens

    Ship,
    I think every single old site, as well as a bunch of new sites, will offer their services in the US- the American market is too good to pass up, and besides, the customers, not the poker sites, will be responsible for paying taxes on deposits.
  9. Arobinson11 Arobinson11 is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 8:11pm) in reply to Adam

    Not saying really anything against the sites that left but more for loyalty to the sites that stayed.
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  10. SantanaBandana SantanaBandana is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 8:31pm) in reply to Ship Happens

    Unfortunately "game of skill" has to be accepted by the entire country. I have seen posts on here about a California Legislature deeming poker as a game of skill, but no where in the United States Constitution is gambling addressed...thus it is a state issue unless Congress decideds to make it a national issue...so it's pretty sticky
  11. KidSensation KidSensation is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 8:54pm) in reply to SantanaBandana

    I miss Pacific...
  12. yjbrewer yjbrewer is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 9:20pm) in reply to KidSensation

    Come back cdpoker and pokerroom. If all sites come back this will be my preference of play

    1 Bodog- only bc of the 16 dollar beginner sngs and humongous overlay and good freerolls
    2 CDPoker- Jackpot sngs and good overlay
    3 Pokerroom- juicy cash gamses and decent overlay
    4 stars 180 man sngs

    Those will probably be the sites i spend the most time at.
  13. boggs boggs is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 9:45pm) in reply to yjbrewer

    Pokerroom = horrible
    CDPoker = joke
  14. SluggerWV SluggerWV is offline A picture is worth a thousand words.

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 9:47pm) in reply to Ship Happens

    they all will
  15. sc000t sc000t is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 10:49pm) in reply to KidSensation

    Man I lived on Pacific when I first started playing. They finally upgraded their shitty software so I could multi table a few months before doomsday. Would give my left arm to play on that site again.
  16. Memphis26 Memphis26 is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 10:55pm) in reply to Ship Happens

    I think yahoos real money poker, could become huge!!! If yahoo pushed it at all. Man I miss party though.
  17. Willywoo Willywoo is offline

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    Jun 10th, 2007 (6/10/2007 10:59pm) in reply to polaris769

    Polaris

    The idea here is to tax the income earned by the sites. Americans already pay tax on their poker earnings.

    Any new bill will impose a tax on the site just as brick and mortar casinos are taxed on their income.
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