http://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/0...game-17340.htm

Something that takes most thinking people a mere moment to figure out, takes the court system 7 years....


At least they didn't end up saying that poker is not a game of skill after a 7 year debate, that would have been comical.

I really hope it stays the same as it is now. Don't wanna have the rake very high for tax purposes or a seperate pokerstars.nl.

I think that poker in its current state is a skillgame. When u 'studied' it for 3 months you have an edge on a lot of 2nl players. But when all recreational player would be taken out of the player pools, the skill aspect would be very marginal. I think poker is more an idiot dependent game. If no idiots, the only winners are the online 'casino's'..

That's good news

The whole prosecution took 7 years because it did not have priority at the Dutch prosecutor. Which might make some sense because their are more severe cases to be looked after. There was not a seven year debate.

Believe me: (Dutch) courts aren't populated by non thinking people.

I wish we could say the same about American courts.

So how do taxes on skill games work ?

Took me 7 years to figure that out as well

7 years, holy moly.. at least they figured it out.. skillgame

Really 7 years?!!!??

Here is something that is backwords. In the United States betting on Horse Races like the Kentucky Derby is legal and even promoted. There is absolutely no skill in guessing which horse out of 20 will win a race.

Yet in poker every situation has a calculated mathematical outcome which smart people and players assess in order to determine which action to pursue. This requires countless hours of practicing, continuous learning, and many other critical thinking decisions that go into a game of skill.... But it is still illegal in the States because the people in Washington need to be able to tax this to get a slice of the pie.

Not bad for 7 years lol

On the news yesterday : online gambling legalized in Netherlands.

Is that positive, Centebakkie?

how credible is that centenbakkle?

More dutch pokerplayers. More gamblers at our poker tables maybe.

Well, it was on the national news.

http://www.nu.nl/politiek/3825614/on...-per-2015.html

Excerpt:
The government of VVD (conservative liberal) en PvdA (social democrats) came to an agreement: in 2015 online gambling will be legal, at sites that are authorized. The goal is to have 80% of the 800.000 online Dutch gamblers on these legal sites. In negotiations the big issue was the tax rate. In the state owned casino this was 29%. The rate for online gambling is now set to 20%. This will prevent people from choosing illegal sites. The organization of online gambling companies would still rather want the rate to be set at 10%.

By legalizing gambling addiction can be battled better, the government hopes.

The state owned Casino, which had been losing money for year, will be privatized.

They've approved the 20%+2% tax rate. Still awaits EU approval.

How can a casino lose money?

By making it state owned, hehe.

The Dutch Government needed a group of independent experts to arrive at this conclusion?

nice

Did they study plo also, rake included? Nlh has passed the test of time on every limit and game type, except maybe tournament that should still be considered gambling, and nlh cash wont get any tougher, and still skill dominates, meaning green grass. But plo should still be considered gambling, like the terrible stud horse was in the past till proved or argued to be a game of skill like draw poker. Plo is soon getting tougher and already at zoom, at tight plo, the green grass is smoked rather than feeding the hungry.

Wish America would follow suit.

7 years wow!

What could they have possibly been doing for 7 years??