NY Times Article - Online Poker (very long)

[Poker Jet]

Game Show Network's airing Golden Palace ads, so yes as soon as one says no another says yes ;-)

[MicroBob]

"Game Show Network's airing Golden Palace ads, so yes as soon as one says no another says yes ;-)"

in the NVG forum another poster and i commented on these ads that ran during the WSO-BJ and we both notived that they never mentioned 'real money' or anything like that in the ads. it was just an ad for 'i learned to play BJ like a pro at goden palace'.
obviously the golden palace people are hoping anyone who goes to the site will consider playing for real dough.....but they make absolutely no mention of that option in the ad.

kind of a fine-line....but an interesting one nonetheless.

many of the ads on tv for party and stars would say things like 'win real money and seats to the WSOP' or stuff like that.


my dad knows virtually nothing about poker but has become interested in my success in it.
here are his comments:

"Thanks for the article. If Spitzer wants to shut down something that is truly a game of chance he should start with the various lotteries. Clearly many poor people play the lottery and the odds of winning of course are outlandish."

at the casino where i work i had a player recently who said he used to drive 8 hours to a state where the lottery was legal and buy $1000 worth of scratch-offs.

[blackaces13]

I'm sick and tired of being denied freedoms because some people are too stupid to handle the freedoms given to them. F*ck stupid people, let them ruin themselves and die, its called evolution.

[Frozen]

"I'm sick and tired of being denied freedoms because some people are too stupid to handle the freedoms given to them. F*ck stupid people, let them ruin themselves and die, its called evolution. "

...but will you back up that opinion by voting Libertarian?
If enough people did, we Libertarians/Objectivists would be a powerful political block to be taken seriously, just like the religious right or minority ethnic groups.

[blackaces13]

I'm not very political but from what I have read I think that I would definitely be a Libertarian, I was actually even thinking that as I was posting this.

I read a book called "The 10 Things You Can't Say in America" by Larry Elder and I liked it a lot. He is a well known Libertarian.

[Frozen]

Always good to see people who agree with my political views. My favorite book of all time is Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. Her philosophy (Objectivism) isn't exactly Libertarianism, but was clearly one of the building blocks of Libertarian philosophy.

[Vee Quiva]

Does anyone know the best way to protest the actions of our government on banning online gaming? I would write an email to my congress representatives but I am also afraid they could use that information to track me down as someone doing something illegal on the internet ala the folks who got busted downloading music.

I emailed Sklansky with this question and I have yet to hear back.

I am really disappointed since the main guy pushing this through is from my home state of Arizona (Jon Kyl)