Posted by JimmyFantastic on 2012-05-21 19:00:08
I can't play poker without money being involved but gl with it.
Posted by maysrill on 2012-05-21 19:08:34
They started all those sites back up? I hadn't looked into it really since the whole real-money thing blew up and they shut down (for everything).
Interesting league concept, if nothing else.
Posted by Calcium on 2012-05-21 19:12:16
Nice idea, but as Jimmy said....no money, no incentive. I'd rather play poker for a few quid.
Posted by lizvis on 2012-05-21 19:13:08
its just free money. i don't know how it is in other countries, but when you go to the website as an american, theres some warning and some notice about withdrawing deposits from old accounts from the days when it was legal to play online poker for money in america. theres also a link to go to the main site to download the program or check out what the site has to offer.
Posted by Calcium on 2012-05-21 19:19:32
Misread your comment....
It's still illegal to gamble online in America?
Posted by pythrr on 2012-05-21 19:20:00
when the realized they could not tax it .... :)
Posted by garyt1 on 2012-05-21 19:21:29
Would be fun but for me there isn't much risk/excitement in raising the stakes or bluffing if you don't have to put in at least a small amount of money.
Was gambling outlawed while the conservatives were in power?
Posted by Calcium on 2012-05-21 19:23:51
Buy/own enough guns to invade a small foriegn country, but.....
DONT CLICK ON THAT DEPOSIT BUTTON!
Damn, as cool as America appears it doesn't half get some crap totally wrong eh?
Posted by lizvis on 2012-05-21 19:23:58
its illegal to gamble for real money online in america (thx to vegas and the catholic church). when the law was passed banning online gambling, all sites that offered online gambling were blocked in america. since that time the law has either been amended and/or poker stars has made the appropriate adjustments to allow americans to only access the free money portion of their site
Posted by lizvis on 2012-05-21 19:26:32
@pythrr: actually, the people who run the poker stars and party poker wanted to work with the american government to tax the sites (because they realized they stood to make a lot more money with americans in the game). the american government declined and never issued an official reason as to why they declined.
Posted by pythrr on 2012-05-21 19:45:08
yeah, isn;t it viewed as a form of "wire fraud"?
Posted by lizvis on 2012-05-21 20:00:33
i forget