Boycott Online Poker
Check out Bill Rini's blog or Full Shill Poker for stories on a proposal to boycott online poker for one week-end. Personally, I'm in as I have said on this blog that the Poker rooms aren't doing enough to combat the UIGEA.
From Midnight on February 8th (EST) through Midnight on Sunday February 11 (PST), do not play any internet poker.
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Posted on Friday in Cardplayer.com.
WTO Again Rules in Antigua's Favor
U.S. Has Done Nothing to Comply with Ruling
According to reports, the World Trade Organization has told the United States is hasn’t done enough to comply with a 2003 ruling concerning rules to restrict online gambling that was brought against it by Antigua.
The full report won’t be out until March, but according to Reuters, the WTO again ruled in favor of Antigua, which claims the United States is violating WTO agreements by working to prohibit its citizens from being able to gamble online.
Antigua claims that U.S. laws favor domestic companies over foreign companies, which is a violation of the WTO agreement. Antigua is the smallest member of the WTO.
Antigua’s original complaint was filed back in 2003, long before the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which further restricted its citizens from making wagers on the Internet by targeting banks that service online sites. The UIGE Act was signed into law in October of 2006.
The WTO sides with Antigua in the original case and rejected the U.S.’s appeal in 2005, but the federal government has done nothing at all to comply with the ruling. This ruling apparently addresses this.
Please check back with CardPlayer.com for more news about this issue.
We'll have to wait and see what comes of this, if anything.
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Cardplayer.com has an interesting article by Todd Brunson of the History of the Big Game. This is more than just Andy Beal and his part in the Big Game as it was written in The Professor. the Banker and the Suicide King : Inside the Richest Poker Game of them All by Michael Craig.
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From Midnight on February 8th (EST) through Midnight on Sunday February 11 (PST), do not play any internet poker.
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Posted on Friday in Cardplayer.com.
WTO Again Rules in Antigua's Favor
U.S. Has Done Nothing to Comply with Ruling
According to reports, the World Trade Organization has told the United States is hasn’t done enough to comply with a 2003 ruling concerning rules to restrict online gambling that was brought against it by Antigua.
The full report won’t be out until March, but according to Reuters, the WTO again ruled in favor of Antigua, which claims the United States is violating WTO agreements by working to prohibit its citizens from being able to gamble online.
Antigua claims that U.S. laws favor domestic companies over foreign companies, which is a violation of the WTO agreement. Antigua is the smallest member of the WTO.
Antigua’s original complaint was filed back in 2003, long before the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which further restricted its citizens from making wagers on the Internet by targeting banks that service online sites. The UIGE Act was signed into law in October of 2006.
The WTO sides with Antigua in the original case and rejected the U.S.’s appeal in 2005, but the federal government has done nothing at all to comply with the ruling. This ruling apparently addresses this.
Please check back with CardPlayer.com for more news about this issue.
We'll have to wait and see what comes of this, if anything.
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Cardplayer.com has an interesting article by Todd Brunson of the History of the Big Game. This is more than just Andy Beal and his part in the Big Game as it was written in The Professor. the Banker and the Suicide King : Inside the Richest Poker Game of them All by Michael Craig.
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posted by Wolverine Fan | Saturday, January 27, 2007
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