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DC legalized online poker very recently

by japherwocky on 4/17/11, 5:30 PM with 5 comments

  • by kgermino on 4/17/11, 8:25 PM

    "Players are really loyal in this industry," Ifrah said. "You really have to ask yourself what is the incentive a player is going to have to leave a trusted site with global competition to play in a site that's untested and kind of unknown and doesn't offer you the same level of play."

    Well after what happened the other day [1] I know I would be more likely to use a site that I knew I could get my money out of. edit: This article was written before the FBI stepped in.

    [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2451302

  • by ataggart on 4/17/11, 7:34 PM

    An article written two days before the big FBI shutdown.
  • by vidiviciveni on 4/17/11, 7:31 PM

    > There was really no clear law that said we could not do this," Brown said Wednesday.

    Well doesn't that just nullify the recent FBI seizures??