Comments on: We brag about our freedom yet; Why are we the only country that online Poker is illegal?

By: FAH-Q

FAH-Q — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:29:59 +0000

you haven't proved your point...
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By: Sal

Sal — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:12:59 +0000

its legal go to web18casino
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http://web18casino.com/

By: John W

John W — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:36:59 +0000

The alleged freedoms in America are as much illusion as in any county. There are disturbing trends in the States, property rights for one has always been very easy for all levels of governments to revoke in the States when compared with other countries, the States has the highest incarceration rate of any first world nation more comparable to third world countries with human right issues then with a developed nation. The patriot act has allowed for unlimited detention and seizure of property without cause simply by invoking suspected terrorism and yes any involvement of a computer automatically qualifies it as a terrorist act. One good thing is that it is a democracy, the people are vocal even if often misled, as long as the people feel free to speak their mind then the nation will still be free.
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By: TheMadProfessor

TheMadProfessor — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:22:59 +0000

Unless you happen to live in one of the few states of cities where local laws make it so, online poker is NOT illegal. Even if you do, haven't heard of any that have managed to come up with any sort of practical way to enforce those laws.
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By: LegFuJohnson

LegFuJohnson — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:41:59 +0000

I think you are an old clueless guy. (See, freedom of expression).

On-line poker is not illegal in the USA. Your bank won’t transfer funds, so find another way to fund your account if you want to play. There are many ways.

But thanks for spreading more misinformation. And thanks for writing "we the only country" without mentioning the country, as if you assume that the United States is the only relevant nation that you didn’t have to mention the name.
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By: Coach Woody

Coach Woody — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:03:59 +0000

I play poker online and know people who have decided to take some money out. It gets complicated but it’s not illegal.

As for what we call "freedom", now there’s a huge difference in what we’ve been allowed to do in the U.S. that you can see every 10 years. My Top 10 Dumbest Non-Freedoms List:

1. Hospitals have to go broke saving the lives of criminals, and charge the difference to law abiding people (blaming $60 aspirin on insurance companies).
2. Selling is legal, sex is legal, but somehow, selling sex is illegal. I’m not even for it, but I don’t understand it. It’s spooky enough that it seems to be legal to barter for sex yet it’s not legal to avoid overinflated unkept I.O.U. promises that we strangely call "dollars" like they have weight or value.
3. People supposedly have to have a license to drive down their neighborhood street in their own car.
4. Government is allowed to borrow money at all, let alone borrow it from foreign nations.
5. Inflation. Or is this what they mean in Title 18 where it says arson is illegal, murder is illegal, and "illegal counterfeiting" is illegal?
6. We somehow elect a questionable character as President who apparently has shown less proof he is who he is than if I was to attempt to play Pop Warner football.
7. It’s actually debatable in courts now for people to consider what it takes to make marrying trees and rocks and animals legal.
8. People getting free money for doing nothing get to vote for more free money for themselves, or find a stooge to take up their cause because somehow there’s money in it!
9. Adding the concept of "Hate Crime" in addition to a murder. People kill each other because they like them now?
10. No one ever asks why nearly all our major Presidential candidates were part of the same club in college, and we don’t even trust the club or even think that its members are good people.
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By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:32:59 +0000

that's why everyone hates america...our "freedoms" are a hollow scam
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By: BaronVonParty

BaronVonParty — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:56:59 +0000

Maybe you should have friends come over with beer and pizza and play 5 card draw (rap poker) until the cows come home.
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Done that too many times to counts and will still work if the power goes out, just light a candle!

By: GamblingMaster

GamblingMaster — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:37:59 +0000

Actually online poker is not illegal in USA. As you already know banks wont let you deposit, but they have a reason. There is law that forbids banks to allow transfers to gambling sites, but there is not law against online gambling, meaning that for you its legal to play.
Now you must be wondering how to deposit and withdraw. There are alternative deposit methods such as all access visa gift cards or echecks, that are proven to work. You can withdraw from poker sites with checks.
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http://www.gamblingsafe.net/usa-friendly-sites/usa-poker-sites.html