[SubGeniusX]

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[lmr]

Many of the lobbyists that pushed to outlaw Internet Gambling were working for the brick-and-mortar gaming industry. Others were advocates for the government, they didn’t like what they couldn’t tax.

[SubGeniusX]

ping

[HiTech RedNeck]

I didn’t even know about the existence of “professional poker players” in the same sense it would apply to, say, golfers. Do they get sponsors rather than gambling their own money?

[Bad Jack Bauer]

Full Tilt is my favorite poker site. I play on it at least several times a week. I guess Obama does not like that he can’t tax all of that money. What a bunch of ingrates! Gambling away your money rather than letting me have it.

[microgood]

This crony capitalism being practiced by the Justice Department is actually the result of corrupt Republican politicians as well as Democrats.

This is actually a textbook example of fascism.

[SubGeniusX]

FBI agents or prosecutors have spoken to at least two people involved in disputes with Full Tilt...

Snitch?

[Tallguy]

This case, or 1 like it, will be in the USSC before too long. The US gov’t is scrammbling for things to tax & regulate. They will eventually get their hooks into internet gaming.

[DNME]

Poker is indeed a game of skill, though you’ll have an easier night if luck smiles upon you. And if you don’t believe poker is a game of skill, then let’s play! You might get lucky for a hand or two, but that’s about it.

Online players have their own hierarchy of champions, wannabes and losers, just as do “brick-and-mortar” live poker players. There are some huge online tournaments and there are online players who make a serious living at the game. Some consider online play to be akin to minor-league baseball, but I disagree. It’s real.

And the whole thing all comes down to freedom. Tax me if you insist but otherwise LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE!!

[vernvet]

That law suit last year was brought by Clonie Gowen.

She never lost, but the case against Full Tilt was dismissed.

http://www.launchpoker.com/women/poker-pro-clonie-gowen-loses-ground-in-fulltilt-lawsuit/

[BodhidharmaCharma]

Online gambling is such a sham, worse than the underground casinos in run-down neighborhoods. They need to shut them all down.

[dfwgator]

They go after people burning Korans, and Internet gambling, while terrorists are plotting our destruction.

Don’t it just make you sleep safely at night?