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chaosmachine Grand Master

chaosmachine

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http://PokerStars.com/

http://UltimateBet.com/

http://FullTiltPoker.com/

 

etc.

 

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/reuters-full-tilt-poker-pokerstars-absolute-poker-charged-illegal-gambling-1020606/

 

 

screwing around with the domain name system is a bad, bad idea. maybe this is the beginning of the end for dot com.

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they're all working for me?

ah nm there it goes.

 

they should just switch to .biz, that's what all those online pharmacies do haha

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Bubba69 Grand Master

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That's fucked up. I guess it has to do with the fact that if you are in a state that prohibits online gambling nothing is really put up to stop you from registering and playing online anyways. Kind of fucking crazy though seeing how huge of a community online poker is and that many people make a living playing it online. So the fbi took over their dns?

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chaosmachine Grand Master

chaosmachine

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That's fucked up. I guess it has to do with the fact that if you are in a state that prohibits online gambling nothing is really put up to stop you from registering and playing online anyways. Kind of fucking crazy though seeing how huge of a community online poker is and that many people make a living playing it online. So the fbi took over their dns?

 

took the dns yeah, also arrested a bunch of people, supposedly.

 

cnn has the propaganda here: http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/15/news/economy/online_poker_indictments/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=Sbin

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all US players funds are blocked. This has happened before on other sites in the past and that means they will never see the money again probably. this is fucked

euro players can still play and cashout. phew CASHOUT ASAP IF YOU HAVE MONEY THERE

But poker is dead now obv

sigh

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goDel Grand Master

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How about European sites? I know here in Holland government is planning to legalize online pokerrooms. Could this going to end up like another pirate bay construction?

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Guest Ranky Redlof

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Hold on, are you all feeling BAD for these guys?

hold on, your not feeling bad for your compatriots? what kind of right-wing nationalist are you? traitor!!!! :emotawesomepm9:

or do you mean the owners? nah not feeling too bad about them either

college kids losing half their savings to pay for school,that's a different story. thousands of nerds on suicide watch atm :fail:

 

No loss for me I hate poker sites

how much did you lose?

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but the government also loves gambling! as long as they can tax the shit out of you ofc.

and poker isn't even gambling if you know what your doing.

online bingo crap can rig and steal all they want. they have huge profits because of the low EV for the players and can pay huge taxes so they leave them alone.

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Hold on, are you all feeling BAD for these guys?

hold on, your not feeling bad for your compatriots? what kind of right-wing nationalist are you? traitor!!!! :emotawesomepm9:

or do you mean the owners? nah not feeling too bad about them either

college kids losing half their savings to pay for school,that's a different story. thousands of nerds on suicide watch atm :fail:

 

No loss for me I hate poker sites

how much did you lose?

 

 

I generally don't feel bad for people making easy money off illegal activities.

 

I don't think gambling should be illegal, but it is.

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When i click on chaos' links, i'm redirected to the french domain names. Here gambling has been legalized since a few months (another great achievement by Sarkozy).

Like cigs, you have some kind of disclaimer at the top of the page : "Gambling implies risks : indebtedness, isolation, addiction. Please call blablalba"

 

I feel bad that the government gives a shit about gambling. Gambling is fun.

 

gambling can be dramatic. A friend of mine is addicted to this shit.

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chaosmachine Grand Master

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pokerstars still works up here in Vancouver...the other two don't though...

 

 

it'll take a while for the cached values to expire at some ISPs. also, some ISPs could override things locally..

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delet... Grand Master

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Shame about that ... morally i detest gambling for what it does to the half-wits of the world. But people should be able to go there and do it, and the government shouldn't keep the contents of user accounts when they shut sites down.

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chassis Grand Master

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How does America own or have the right to shut down a .com?

 

Please, Im genuinely asking HOW?

 

Wait, I think I found my answer

The gTLD com was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense, but is today operated by VeriSign.
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