currently on the house floor for deliberation

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04411:

HR 4411


better watch this if it makes it over to the senate

7/11/2006 12:33:39 PM

agreed.

7/11/2006 12:41:48 PM

sounds to me like some reps are trying to make a little cash

7/11/2006 12:45:18 PM

There will be a million + one ways to get around this if by some chance it does get put into law

7/11/2006 1:17:45 PM

Aren't there a million and one ways to get around just about any law if one were so inclined?

7/11/2006 2:34:05 PM

no

7/11/2006 2:35:34 PM

balls.

house ok'd it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060711/ap_on_go_co/internet_gambling;_ylt=Av8GEgOPgt3kiFME4zFA1HKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3b2NibDltBHNlYwM3MTY-

7/11/2006 3:28:50 PM

fuck that shit, I ain't skurred

7/11/2006 3:29:44 PM

"The House passed legislation Tuesday that would prevent gamblers from using credit cards to bet online"

Isn't that what neteller is for?

7/11/2006 3:58:28 PM

well

the issue becomes funding neteller.

if the radio show i was listening to this mroning was correct, any from of electronic draft from your bank OR credit card would become impossible.

the EFTs and shit

most credit cards already didnt allow fudning of internet gambling sites anyways.

[Edited on July 11, 2006 at 4:09 PM. Reason : e]

7/11/2006 4:08:14 PM

hopefully this wont slow down the influx of new donkeys that continue to give me their money

7/11/2006 4:18:19 PM

What about things like paypal accounts that are used for ebay. How is that different from neteller?

7/11/2006 4:31:18 PM

its not

they arent going after neteller specifically, or any ewallet.

i dont know man, i dont write the bills


but im not worried either

7/11/2006 4:33:09 PM

Quote :

"i dont write the bills"

You don't?!?!?

7/11/2006 4:38:03 PM

i can barely read!

7/11/2006 4:38:41 PM

Quote :

"hopefully this wont slow down the influx of new donkeys that continue to give me their money "

7/11/2006 5:46:16 PM

good read here from the poker players alliance titled "Internet Poker Industry and Revenue Analysis"

http://www.pokerplayersalliance.org/PDF/Internet_Poker_FINAL_REPORT_7_9.pdf

7/12/2006 2:12:57 PM

This wont pass the senate, dont get your panties in a wad just yet

7/12/2006 2:18:29 PM

you can buy phone cards now and shit like that to fund the internet gambling.....

although i will say one of my friends was contacted by his CC company because he had transactions with NETELLER and the company said that since people used NETELLER for funding online poker accounts that he wouldnt be able to make any more transactions through neteller using his credit card


why is the GOVT so fucking dumb.....why not just regulate online gambling and make money off of it. Just like pot being illegal.....why not take something that people are going to do regardless and make money for the US instead of spending millions of tax dollars to fight a continuously losing battle.

7/12/2006 2:46:24 PM

^ i think you mean why doesnt the government focus on something that is actually important...not online card games

7/12/2006 2:52:46 PM

the bill also apparently includes clauses that could ask for isp's to block access to the sites.

thats all id worry about.

7/12/2006 2:53:39 PM

so they couldnt put a dent in the PORN industry so they move on to try to conquer other areas of the internet instead.....i mean really

why in the hell should the gov't be able to tell me what i can and can't do with my own money.

7/12/2006 4:18:27 PM

but the difference with the porn inudstry is that most of that is physically based in the us, and pays us taxes on sales etc.

none of the online sites are based in the us, and how much clout does the us have for taxation issues for a company based in cyprus or quatar.

[Edited on July 12, 2006 at 4:31 PM. Reason : e]

7/12/2006 4:30:59 PM

the article i posted above makes alot of strong arguements for allowing them to be based in the united states. there are some staggering numbers mentioned showing how the online poker industry would be largely beneficial to the us economy.

7/12/2006 4:33:50 PM

i wish i could open it, but alas, work filters.

7/12/2006 4:37:17 PM