Re: Delete Posts
Ok, I think I understand. I was thinking that if a request was made by the original poster, then posts would be deleted. In hindsight I really should have asked this before I wrote posts.
I would really appreciate if my posts in the Take action: Australian Poker thread could please be deleted. I no longer believe in a regulated Australian poker environment and I feel responsible for the effects and consequences my posts have/will have, especially because this thread will go on for years.
I understand that it's natural for opinions to change, and that these posts should reflect that, but I genuinely do feel responsible for misleading, misguiding, and persuading others in a belief I now no longer believe in.
Normally if someone has a belief or opinion and they no longer believe in it, it is forgotten or faintly remembered, but here it is has permanance, and it make me feel and seem like a hypocrite or something like that, which I am not; hence my request.
The thread is not that active anymore and I doubt it will be for a while given covid-19, tighter gambling reforms etc. I hope you or and/or the other moderators agree that deleting my posts would be best as the effects and consequences my posts have/could have is something that I genuinely feel responsible for.
I no longer believe in the regulation of poker, and deleting my posts will help put my mind at ease about my responsibility for what would would now be misleading others.
C.P.R
Unfortunately, I am unable to post Mike Haven's response because of forum policy, but he in essence made it clear that he wouldn't delete my posts because:
1. It would require deleting other posts and those users might not want that to happen
2. Deleting multiple posts would ruin the trajectory of the thread discussion
Quote:
Originally Posted by dxcx
Can anyone shed some light on why APL & APT app games can offer prizes to players? Is it somehow in a grey area?
They are able to offer prizes because a player is not risking something of value in return for that prize which is also a thing of value. Even though a player is still participating in a gambling game, there's no risk to that player since it is free entry - nothing being staked of value.
Whilst they can't have entry fees, in my opinion, a poker business could offer players to pay a monthly or yearly membership fee to access their online content, which would include freeroll tournaments, funded by those fees, that offer prizes (entries, credit, clothing, trips etc).
**Not the same as regulating poker**
To be honest, you really should be asking yourself "why am I having to pay commision to poker businesses?"
You as a player pay for food, pay for drinks, pay for raffle prizes, pay for gaming, and then these hospitality businesses pay poker businesses for your contribution. Then these poker businesses require you to pay for your own prize minus the commision to them for "hosting". Now think about the money they are pocketing that really could be going towards a guarantee for a weekly event .. and now think about the "major" events that they "host"...$$$ (casinos should be obvious for why they charge commission)
Wouldn't surprise me if these poker businesses started running live freeroll events where x% of players win online qualifying entries. These online qualifiers will have x% of those players win a live event package to some "major event" that was funded by (wait fo it) x% of live event fees that would be held, instead of x% of players weekly contributions being used to fund these prizes.
It's important to support local businesses, Australian businesses but the industry is never going to succeed, especially online, unless everybody in the industry starts supporting players more proactively.