bushwacked Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Good thing I can't bet on either team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vet Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Good thing I can't bet on either team. Why not? I think that spread will narrow over the next two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Why not? I think that spread will narrow over the next two weeks. Cause of George W. Bush and typical nut licking Republicans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vet Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Cause of George W. Bush and typical nut licking Republicans. What did they do to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 What did they do to you? Stopped me from putting 25 dollars on the superbowl and betting on conference championship games. Do I have to go into more detail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Runt Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Stopped me from putting 25 dollars on the superbowl and betting on conference championship games. Do I have to go into more detail? Ya - I'm not following you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vet Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Stopped me from putting 25 dollars on the superbowl and betting on conference championship games. Do I have to go into more detail? Not if you don't want to. I was trying to figure out if there was some federal law passed that I don't know about. Are you referring to the law in Washington state that makes it illegal for residents of that state to place bets over the internet? The one pushed for by your liberal democratic governor? I don't think there are any federal laws banning internet betting, are there? I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Ya - I'm not following you After careful consideration, Pinnacle Sports has chosen to voluntarily exit the American market. Accordingly, wagers will no longer be accepted from clients located within the United States as of Thursday 11th January 2007. We would like to assure all our clients that your balances are available but those clients who are affected will be required to withdraw their balances using the Cashier function on their account. Please note that any pending wagers will be honored by Pinnacle Sports. As your wagers are graded, you may use the Cashier function to request any balance due. As ever, Pinnacle Sports will continue to provide our International clients with the same great value they have come to expect from the World's leading online sports book and casino. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the arse licking morality police, known as the 2006 Congress and President of the United States. I tried another sports book, but the shareholders of Neteller just got arrested! Thank you Republicans! Good luck with your future gay child molestations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 Not if you don't want to. I was trying to figure out if there was some federal law passed that I don't know about. . I can safely say there was a federal law passed that you don't know about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cunning Runt Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the arse licking morality police, known as the 2006 Congress and President of the United States. I tried another sports book, but the shareholders of Neteller just got arrested! Thank you Republicans! Good luck with your future gay child molestations. Alrighty then..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Ya - I'm not following you I'm bored too. Pleeze tell us why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vet Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) I can safely say there was a federal law passed that you don't know about. Could be. I don't follow this stuff too closely. I know back in July they passed a federal law banning the use of credit cards to cover internet wagers. I haven't tried to use a credit card for that purpose, so I don't know if it's being enforced or not. But at least right now, I believe there are only 4 states that have targeted individuals who place bets over the internet. Louisiana, Washington, Nevada and California I think. I've been using Sportsbook.com. I haven't had any problem, but maybe I should cash out before they run off with my dough. Edited January 22, 2007 by Vet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 I'm bored too. Pleeze tell us why? Mr. Play inside a stadium guy? The Justice Department has issued subpoenas to at least four Wall Street investment banks as part of a widening investigation into the multibillion-dollar online gambling industry, according to people briefed on the investigation. The subpoenas were issued to firms that had underwritten the initial public offerings of some of the most popular online gambling sites that operate abroad. The banks involved in the inquiry include HSBC, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Kleinwort, these people said. While online gaming sites like PartyGaming and 888 Holdings operate from Gibraltar and their initial public offerings were held on the London Stock Exchange, companies that do business with them and have large bases in United States have come under scrutiny by regulators in Washington. None of the biggest United States banks like Goldman Sachs or Citigroup underwrote the initial public offerings in London, in part because of the legal ambiguity of the sites; they are illegal in the United States, but still accessible to residents. The subpoenas, earlier reported by The Sunday Times of London, appeared to be part of an indirect but aggressive and far-reaching attack by federal prosecutors on the Internet gambling industry just two weeks before one of its biggest days of the year, the Super Bowl. Unable to go directly after the casinos, which are based overseas, they have sought to prosecute the operations’ American partners, marketing arms and now, possibly, investors. The prosecutors may be emboldened by a law signed by President Bush last October that explicitly defined the illegality of running an Internet casino. Even before that law, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, was adopted, the government said that Internet gambling was illegal under a 1961 provision. These offshore casinos, typically based in Costa Rica or Antigua, allow American bettors to use their home and office computers to place wagers on a range of contests. Millions of Americans participate; more than half of all bets placed to major offshore casinos are from residents of the United States. The prosecutors’ efforts have already taken a toll in the last two years on offshore casinos, most notably with the arrest last year of David Carruthers, the chief executive of an Internet sports book, BetonSports. The company is based in Britain and has operations in Costa Rica, but Mr. Carruthers was detained at the Dallas airport while traveling through the United States. The arrest led to BetonSports’ decision to stop taking bets from the United States, crippling its business. Several weeks later, agents of the Port Authority of New York arrested Peter Dicks, the chairman of Sport-ingbet, which offers online sports betting and, like Mr. Carruthers’s company, trades on the London Stock Exchange. Mr. Dicks was arrested at Kennedy Airport. Last week, a British online money transfer business, Neteller, said it would cease handling gambling transactions from United States customers because of regulatory uncertainty. “It appears that the Department of Justice is waging a war of intimidation against Internet gambling,” said I. Nelson Rose, a professor of law at Whittier Law School in Costa Mesa, Calif., who is an expert on Internet gambling law. Another lawyer, Lawrence G. Walters of Altamonte Springs, Fla., said the development was disconcerting because the prevailing wisdom had been that investment in a company that is legal and licensed in its jurisdiction was not grounds for prosecution. “It would be the first time that that kind of liability has been imposed,” Mr. Walters said. But he cautioned that the subpoenas could be part of a government fact-finding effort and might not signal a plan to prosecute banks. LINK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerbraves Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 Mr. Play inside a stadium guy? Wait now. All you man law guys who think the game of football must be played in horrible weather & field conditions because that's how football has always been played are actually not betting with your local bookie anymore. Betting thru the internet and using credit cards. That's worse than being a wussie that's non American. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vet Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 LINK Interesting. Still, it sounds like a lot of political noise-making to me. I think it's just those 4 states that have threatened individual citizens. I'm assuming you live in Washington state where your liberal governor made it a felony to bet over the internet. I did notice, however, that she bet hundreds of dollars worth of goods with the mayor of Chicago or the governor of Illinois or somthing last week on the Seahawks game. So, ironically you WA state taxpayers will now be paying for her football betting losses even though you can't bet yourselves. You can't make this stuff up. Still, I think I'll close my account after the Superbowl. I'll have to go back to back alley bookies that beat the crap put of people instead of being able to place exotic halftime wagers from the comfort of my living room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted January 22, 2007 Share Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) Both political parties took swag from the casino and gaming interests. And further, 7 points is way too much. I'm taking the Bears all the way on this one. Edited January 22, 2007 by godtomsatan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted January 22, 2007 Author Share Posted January 22, 2007 (edited) Interesting. Still, it sounds like a lot of political noise-making to me. I think it's just those 4 states that have threatened individual citizens. Did you even read the article? Pinnaclesports is one of the premiere internet sports books and they aren't taking bets from anyone in the United States. The two largest shareholder form Neteller were arrested.. There has been plenty of noise in here and the tailgate about people not being able to bet real money on sports or poker as of late regardless of what state they live in. Political noise making? Negative Charlie, I have 5000$+ annual bucks going towards dirty Iraqis getting Happy Meals and I can't put 25$ on the Colts unless I'm in Vegas? Bull Freaking Shiiiit! Edited January 22, 2007 by bushwacked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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