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Old 04-15-2011, 02:32 PM   #256
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Re: Reuters: Full Tilt Poker, Pokerstars and Absolute Poker charged with illegal gambling
for everyone who sees pokerstars.com as seized, are you still able to log onto the client and play?
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:33 PM   #257
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Isn't the feds winrate like 98% when they bring charges.
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:33 PM   #258
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This is F&*^ing BULLS*&T!
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:33 PM   #259
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Any idea what they are getting charged for?
Online gambling is technically illegal in the US. So its like limewire for example, getting into trouble for allowing users to break the law by downloading copyrighted music. Whereas these sites are allowing US citizens to play online poker.
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:33 PM   #260
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i can login and play.
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:33 PM   #261
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this was exactly the first thing that came to mind (after the safety of my playmoney chips of course
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:33 PM   #262
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My favorite quote in this thread so far...
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:33 PM   #263
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Isn't the feds winrate like 98% when they bring charges.
only after rakeback
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:34 PM   #264
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So how does this effect non-americans besides smaller player pool?
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:34 PM   #265
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LOL
America Land of the Fee and the home of the slave
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:34 PM   #266
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for everyone who sees pokerstars.com as seized, are you still able to log onto the client and play?
I'm in the UK, and I've not DC'd yet.
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:34 PM   #267
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You can still log-in to the clients and play. I can anyway. USA West Coast
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what a huge level
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Old 04-15-2011, 02:34 PM   #269
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stars is working fine here in Minnesota
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for everyone who sees pokerstars.com as seized, are you still able to log onto the client and play?
yeah people are still playing
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