60 Minutes features on online gambling tonight 7PM EST...
 

"If online gambling is illegal in the US, then why are thousands of people playing every day?" (or something along those lines)

Answer: The legality is largely ambiguous. Also, big brother doesn't yet have the ability to monitor my actions 24 hours a day. No real need to watch anymore [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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The more "illegal" it is the more people are gonna be attracted to it. I hope it stays "illegal".

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The more "illegal" it is the more people are gonna be attracted to it. I hope it stays "illegal".

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This is incorrect, more people will play if it's legal.

Also the headline is why are millions of people playing everyday.

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I am curious how they report this. I wonder which websites they will show on camera.

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I am curious how they report this. I wonder which websites they will show on camera.

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Party or Pokerroom, maybe Stars but doubt it, even slimmer UB. No other sites have a chance IMO

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The report is on gambling, not just poker!

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cbs currently has football on... guess it will be after that

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Of course Party is the focus.

I hope this brings in more fish.

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What does it say about me that I recognized every one of those sites?

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[censored] sportingbet. I cleared a bonus there and they retroactively stole my bonus money. They are a D+ on sportsbookreview.com.

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Wow, they gave the kid his dad's credit card and it worked. Amazing! [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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They have covered this very neutrally so far and seem to actually been more on the side with the gambling sites.

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They have covered this very neutrally so far and seem to actually been more on the side with the gambling sites.

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Still, the bit with giving the kid his dad's credit card and then seeming somewhat shocked that he was able to play was silly.

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They have covered this very neutrally so far and seem to actually been more on the side with the gambling sites.

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I agree. I'm glad they only gave that Kyle about 20 seconds.

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I think this is actually way in favor of gambling legalization in the US. Way in favor. They made Kyle sound retarded saying that DOJ can't regualte other countries, then they flashed right over to the other guy sounding brilliant saying that people are going to gamble no matter what so the US might as well regulate and tax it.

To note, the kind finally got accepted at Golden Palace, but he'll have to send ID to cashout.

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The report seemed to be in favor of regulation (or I should say gave more time to people who were in favor of regulation). All in all, not too bad.

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I think this is actually way in favor of gambling legalization in the US. Way in favor. The other guy sounds brilliant saying that people are going to gamble no matter what so the US might as well regulate and tax it.

To note, the kind finally got accepted at Golden Palace, but he'll have to send ID to cashout.

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Do you think he claimed the signup bonus?

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Anyone think Party Poker is sending the 60 Minutes office a HUGE Thank You basket?

You can't pay for that kind of advertisement, especially in the US. Then, they spell out that don't go to .net, go to .com. I bet Mr Dickshit has a stiffy right about now.

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They have covered this very neutrally so far and seem to actually been more on the side with the gambling sites.

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I agree. I'm glad they only gave that Kyle about 20 seconds.

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i really wanted to strangle Kyl.

i mean WTF. "its bad"

for who you fcuking moron?

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I think this is actually way in favor of gambling legalization in the US. Way in favor. The other guy sounds brilliant saying that people are going to gamble no matter what so the US might as well regulate and tax it.

To note, the kind finally got accepted at Golden Palace, but he'll have to send ID to cashout.

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Do you think he claimed the signup bonus?

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It's GP... of course they'll take your money.

Anyone catch what the 2nd site was? I was grabbing my pizza out the oven.

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Anyone think Party Poker is sending the 60 Minutes office a HUGE Thank You basket?

You can't pay for that kind of advertisement, especially in the US. Then, they spell out that don't go to .net, go to .com. I bet Mr Dickshit has a stiffy right about now.

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Yeah, that was awesome. They were saying that everyone knows to go to .com to gamble for real money, but there are a lot of morons out there.

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I think this is actually way in favor of gambling legalization in the US. Way in favor. The other guy sounds brilliant saying that people are going to gamble no matter what so the US might as well regulate and tax it.

To note, the kind finally got accepted at Golden Palace, but he'll have to send ID to cashout.

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I don't think we have to worry about it. Seems like he busted out.

Only dumbasses play Roulette.

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I think this is actually way in favor of gambling legalization in the US. Way in favor. The other guy sounds brilliant saying that people are going to gamble no matter what so the US might as well regulate and tax it.

To note, the kind finally got accepted at Golden Palace, but he'll have to send ID to cashout.

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Do you think he claimed the signup bonus?

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It's GP... of course they'll take your money.

Anyone catch what the 2nd site was? I was grabbing my pizza out the oven.

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I thought he tried Party, then Paradise, then GP.

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I think this is actually way in favor of gambling legalization in the US. Way in favor. The other guy sounds brilliant saying that people are going to gamble no matter what so the US might as well regulate and tax it.

To note, the kind finally got accepted at Golden Palace, but he'll have to send ID to cashout.

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Do you think he claimed the signup bonus?

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I don't think we have to worry about it. Seems like he busted out.

Only dumbasses play Roulette.

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They probably wanted to show him busting. I wonder if he actually did.

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I think this is actually way in favor of gambling legalization in the US. Way in favor. The other guy sounds brilliant saying that people are going to gamble no matter what so the US might as well regulate and tax it.

To note, the kind finally got accepted at Golden Palace, but he'll have to send ID to cashout.

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Do you think he claimed the signup bonus?

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It's GP... of course they'll take your money.

Anyone catch what the 2nd site was? I was grabbing my pizza out the oven.

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I thought he tried Party, then Paradise, then GP.

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I heard while grabbing my pizza them saying he first tried Paradise and was rejected. They then said he tried a second one but I didn't see the TV to see where it was.

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Don't you think if a kid uses his parents' credit card it should be the parents' fault and not the site? This seems obvious to me.

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I love that woman's counter argument... "because it's bad for you." Brilliant.

Seriously, I don't know if I am more pissed off about the moron Senator who was for the illegality of online gambling or the BS government regulations they proposed of it is legalized.

I think it is better that it is illegal personally.

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Don't you think if a kid uses his parents' credit card it should be the parents' fault and not the site? This seems obvious to me.

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Yeah, that was my point. They seemed surprised that after they gave the kid his parents CC he was able to signup. Well, duh.

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Don't you think if a kid uses his parents' credit card it should be the parents' fault and not the site? This seems obvious to me.

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yes, obv.

even kyl said "so many kids are unsupervised today"......yeah, party gaming forces their parents to be assholes.

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Don't you think if a kid uses his parents' credit card it should be the parents' fault and not the site? This seems obvious to me.

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It's America, parents don't take responsibility for anything.

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The card on the thank you basket would say:

Enjoy!

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I'm pretty sure when they showed the part with the Hong Kong banner and the Chinese lettering, that the site was Bet365...and the blackjack shot was a site with Boss Media software...

Now that I think about it, the blackjack was more than likely Playtech...

I also think this segment brings up an interesting topic for debate...namely why someone would be paying taxes on an activity that our country deems illegal? Wouldn't paying taxes essentially incriminate those that are playing?

BTW, I pay taxes on my winnings...always have.

Im like you Homer...its sorta eerie that I know this.... [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

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I love that woman's counter argument... "because it's bad for you." Brilliant.

Seriously, I don't know if I am more pissed off about the moron Senator who was for the illegality of online gambling or the BS government regulations they proposed of it is legalized.

I think it is better that it is illegal personally.

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The lady was playing devil's advocate, and allowing the other guy an easy rebuttal. Easy rebuttal acrually helping the legalization arguement.

If the government leagalized it they would make so much money. Not only would 11 billion dollars remain in the the US economy helping create jobs and increase annual income, but it would also increase government taxes. They would be easier to track, plus the government would be able to make gambling taxes disproportionantly high on the sites.

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For reference regarding the legality of internet gaming and The Federal Wire Wager Act:

http://www.gambling-law-us.com/Feder...s/wire-act.htm

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For reference regarding the legality of internet gaming and The Federal Wire Wager Act:

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This is a great resource.

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I love that woman's counter argument... "because it's bad for you." Brilliant.

Seriously, I don't know if I am more pissed off about the moron Senator who was for the illegality of online gambling or the BS government regulations they proposed of it is legalized.

I think it is better that it is illegal personally.

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The lady was playing devil's advocate, and allowing the other guy an easy rebuttal. Easy rebuttal acrually helping the legalization arguement.

If the government leagalized it they would make so much money. Not only would 11 billion dollars remain in the the US economy helping create jobs and increase annual income, but it would also increase government taxes. They would be easier to track, plus the government would be able to make gambling taxes disproportionantly high on the sites.

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Are you saying that this is a good thing?

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Leslie Stahl is no Geraldo.... [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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This was great! Newbies learned that:

-Party is the #1 most popular site. Guess that's probably a good place to go then!
-Whenever I see a '.net' ad, they really mean I should go to .com for real gambling!
-If I'm an underage minor, Golden Palace is an excellent place to get to play!
-12 Million Americans are playing, and they haven't complained - maybe this 'internet gambling' isn't so shady after all!

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don't forget that online roulette is awesome...

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It was good report. I have always thought 60min does some of the best reporting out there. That congressman they interviewed is a nut. He has this pro-U.S. idealogy. "If we think its wrong, we wont allow our citizens to do it." Now that wasn't the exact word for word, but that was the meaning behind it.

I doubt he could pass a bill to allow all banks to not allow EFT's from international (all) gambling sites. That is govt somewhat trying to strip your rights by saying only certain EFT's are allowed to your bank account.

I did like how they pointed out the UK has all this legal under the law, and they generate their own taxes from these companies and they are traded publicly on the stock exchange.

I mostly saw Party and Paradise. Never saw Stars or UB. Saw plenty of other sites for the non poker games.