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Easy E
08-11-2003, 08:29 AM
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/focus/story/0,6903,1015743,00.html

Given the struggle that online poker is facing legally in the US (not that this is an American paper), does some of this phrasing seem to anyone else like cannon fodder material for the anti-Internet crusaders?

RiverMel
08-11-2003, 11:21 AM
In the article, the author claimed that it's impossible (or very difficult) to fake the city you're from at Pokerstars. He claims it's "hooked up to your line of credit". I guess he never realized he could just go to Account->Change Account->Change mailing address and just type in whatever city he wanted?

Also, I read the article, and despite the title it's really no condemnation of internet poker nor is its focus on addiction. I think the title is just trying to be catchy--the meat of the article itself isn't really shedding a negative light on internet poker.