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Does the DOJ really need to push out the current sites before legalization? Merge could hardly handle the influx of new players after Black Friday, do they really think Merge could handle full legalization? I guess the only thing Merge would have going for it is the brand name (which was hardly recognizable before BF, and i'd bet the general public still has never heard of it), it's not like the new sites would be competing with household names like Stars/Tilt.

I think they stopped taking new sign ups because they were happy to take in the profits they had locked in. Didn't want to overload or draw too much attention to their shady payment processors.

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09-08-2011 , 04:44 PM

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LowEnd

centurion

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09-08-2011 , 04:46 PM

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dirtlad

grinder

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Originally Posted by kevko_2000

Only read the op so I apologize if someone has already asked this but why do they have to push all existing sites out before moving forward on legislation?
Wouldn't the market correct itself if a bunch of legal sites opened? Why would anyone leave their money on Merge or any other "illegal" site if there were safer, more secure and legal places to play?

I am going to go out on a limb and suggest that the enforcement branch of the government is pursuing cases based upon contraventions of the existing legislation. I doubt that they choose their targets based upon what the legislative branch may or may not do in the future.

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09-08-2011 , 04:50 PM

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randyd501

banned

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Don't you think someone on DOJ is tracking these forums

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09-08-2011 , 04:55 PM

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AlphaScorpii

Verified Coach CFP, NLHE

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 650

Looks to me like clearing field for some other players. Wouldn't look like that if all these legalisation stuff in USA is not comming. Why would they want to stop online poker now when it's so close to be legalised in USA.

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09-08-2011 , 04:56 PM

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Also when I asked him if they lurked forums for information, he just laughed and said, “what do you think they don’t know how to use google?”

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09-08-2011 , 06:34 PM

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tuccotrading

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They are not close at all.

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09-09-2011 , 04:02 PM

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kodykirlinko

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Originally Posted by dpain

I wish i could confirm this but you are dead wrong. I have money on RPM and Carbon and have send emails and asked RPM Seth as well if player funds were segregated. They will absolutely not admit that they are which leads me to believe that they are not segregated. The response that myself and a few others have gotten is, "we want you to know that player funds are not used for operational purposes" which sounds to me like all the money is in one big account but they claim to always have enough on hand to cover all player accounts. That does absolutely no good if their main account gets seized.

rectumdamnearki..: [12:45] hey man.
[12:46] can you confirm that player balances are in different accounts than regular business funds?
RPMJon: [12:46] Operational funds and player funds are never mixed. Player funds are segregated as a condition of the Malta licensing.

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11-29-2011 , 01:37 PM

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sluggger5x

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Bump for trollol. Op did level quite a few people.

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11-29-2011 , 05:31 PM

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dickydean83

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Its bull**** how long it takes to get a check from all the U.S. friendly sites nowadays. I'm not gonna wait a month to get paid therefor lately all I've been playing is live.

Hopefully the DoJ gets it together soon....

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