http://igaming.org/poker/news/breaki...d-online-play/

The WSOP were notified by email? It then took them a week to let players know?

A ton of non US players already in Vegas. I bet non of them have a gas bill in their pocket.

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That is true BUT I bet they all have a second form of I. D.

A statement from their bank would be enough. All they need to do is call their bank and have them email.

So your saying they don't have online billing any where else in the world but here?

Step 1: Print off your cell phone / cable bill from your online account
Step 2: Get on with your life

Briefly, this article and the reported statement make very little sense.

1. It seems the reported statement refers to online poker and assures everyone that they can make WSOP live tournament deposits just fine:

"At the end of the day our obligation is to do our due diligence. It’s not going to prevent anyone from playing or withdrawing funds. That’s for sure, but it may prevent them from playing online poker because that does call for a utility bill to prove your residency. "

2. I think Caesars knows better than to shoot itself in the foot re buy-ins and payouts from the live WSOP events, i.e. the buy-in for most events is way under $10K and they can issue a check for winnings.

3. If anyone in Las Vegas has a concern about carrying cash back to Europe, the D Hotel Casino on Fremont Street (Downtown) has provided a Robocoin bitcoin ATM for buying bitcoin for cash, I understand the daily limit is $10K.

4. If anyone is hesitant to accept a check from Caesars, feel free to pm me.
(FWIW, I am attending a seminar in Las Vegas in June about Gaming and AML, well before the Main Event. I believe that the head of FinCEN will be available for Q&A. I can always ask about this potential "friction" then.)

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Get real and move on people!

I would guess most older recreational players don't have online billing. Then again, they aren't browsing 2+2, either.

Cell phone bills aren't usually accepted as proof of address for AML purposes


just saying

more than you think don't

seems shady that wsop let this news out so late, i feel like it would benefit the wsop so much more if they got this news out earlier

I am 47 next month and I do/ have both, stereotype much?

UK driving licence has address info so that should cover that.

The second part of your statement does not follow the first half. Just the opposite!

There's been a further update from Ty Stewart, stating the the WSOP is requesting a 2nd form of ID to validate their address:

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2014/0...licy-18318.htm

5 days before it starts well played

don't they have a guarantee on the main event this year? Would suck if they miss it because not enough foreigners carry around a 2nd ID.

The person behind this move is prob one of those mouth breathers that thinks online poker is 90 pct money laundering for terrorism

How exactly does one launder money in a live poker tournament?

Taxation may also be a reason. IRS has really been clamping down on offshore and non-resident stuff.

**** you WSOP. You just gave me another reason to stay away.

I still don't understand how the only verification players have is that the WSOP received an email.

There's no link, report, release, document, nothing, just an email?

But as Ty Stewart says, there is no actual requirement for a non-US player to provide an ID with an address, you can still convey it verbally.

Only need 1064 entries to reach the guarantee, although that would be 10m winner take all.

Why do poker festivals ever guarantee 1st rather than guarantee a prize pool? The Aussie Millions got cocky after their biggest year in 2008 and guaranteed 2m ftw in 2009 (a 21.2% increase), only to see a fall of 12.7% in entries.

The WSOP pay structure will be interesting to see.

Entry = Crim Cash
Winnings = Cheque with credible source

It is casinos in general not just poker tournaments.