Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 20405
what to say,just a big shame!and every month we will have some new country with this kind of restrictions!this would be big problem in future for lot of players and we cant expect that every poker room open their company in every country to be able to pay tax in that country!and we want free world,yeah right!
Joined: Mar '16
Location: Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of
Age: 49 (M)
Posts: 2395
Many governments saw that too much money was being spent on the internet and the state does not get anything so they seek a way to get some of that money of course this is unfavorable situation for players,gamblers but I think we can not do anything about it
This is a very sad message .... now the Australian players, I do not see at the tables .... interestingly you are somehow trying to get out of the difficulty? ..... maybe there are some options to get around this restriction? .... very sad Event of course
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Portugal
Age: 57 (M)
Posts: 1703
Hello my friends and fellow mobsters
Taht is a shame a bad policy because they will loose revenue and once again attack on the sitizens freedom they think that all of us are stupid and they got to decide what is better for us They are right in sone part because we are stupid enough to keep on voting on those suckers and let them rule our lifes
Joined: Nov '14
Location: Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of
Age: 43 (M)
Posts: 1169
I got a solution for all Australians and online poker, put your hand in your underwear, if you touch something that feels like balls, your set, you are good to go, grab those suckers and do all you can, to stop your government from stopping you from playing online poker, but if you dont feel anything while your hand is in there, then im afraid theres little you can do, except bitch and whine
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 10090
well this is kinda sad thing for Australians who like to gamble their salaries away on the virtual poker tables, now they will have to scratch their heads and figure out another where is another hole they can pour their money in. so vpn is no help here?
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
Bad news, for the australians first and then for all the rest of the planet. Another country that has messed it up for their citizens. Land casinos must be very happy with this outcome. Lets see, who will be the ones to follow.
Joined: Feb '12
Location: Argentina
Age: 48 (M)
Posts: 221
Many governments saw that they spent too much money on the Internet and the state does not get anything so they look for a way to get some of that money, of course, this is the situation unfavorable for all players who practice this fabulous sport as is poker , But I think we can not do anything like that, governments and their laws always have to win.
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 13301
Posted by perattin: Many governments saw that they spent too much money on the Internet and the state does not get anything so they look for a way to get some of that money, of course, this is the situation unfavorable for all players who practice this fabulous sport as is poker , But I think we can not do anything like that, governments and their laws always have to win.
I do not know why they will stop regular games. There may have been many players who made complaints or not. Maybe another is the reason. The thing is that governments are incapable of doing something right. They dream only money And the rest does not matter anymore. Because of governments many people suffer.
Joined: Dec '12
Location: New Zealand
Age: 33 (M)
Posts: 504
a lot of the times casinos have powerful lobbies and the Govt gets a nice cut from them, like here one casino wanted a conference center and so the govt helped them out big time even though the public werent in favor.
one up side is australia, like america has lots of poker action in the real world so casinos/clubs will only benefit more from this
Joined: Mar '11
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 55 (M)
Posts: 7371
It is always a very sad time when this happens and it is becoming a regular thing to read about. I cannot understand why these countries are stopping people playing poker
Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 20405
I know that this problem is for months,but didnt expect that they will close every online poker forever!didnt expect that any poker room wont open sites in australia and to work by their laws!must be that they expected more money!
Joined: Mar '09
Location: Greece
Age: 47 (F)
Posts: 14136
That was the case here in greece with land casinos, along with our official betting operator, which was sold to the private sector. Those where the ones doing everything in their power, for the legislation to pass, to block online gambling. And they did it of course.
And the whole get a license in order to operate legally in greece, was just ashes in our eyes as we say, along with one more way for extra money. They didnt care at all actually, if the sites would get a license or not. to continue operating in greece. That was not their main goal...
And of course it had nothing to do with the bull the kept talking about, protecting greeks from the dangers of online gambling......
Joined: Jan '14
Location: Romania
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 13301
That's how the law works. Protects the strong people and with big money.Businessmen are in power. And normal people slowly get as few options as possible to play poker. The legislation in my country has stopped almost all poker rooms except Pokerstars, 888poker and Unibet. The same with online casinos or online bets or agencies. I have few variants and for poker one option 888Poker because for me pokerstars and unibet is garbage for real money.
Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 20405
governments want to stop that money from country go in other accounts and that they dont have anything from that!they want that money stay in country and if people want to gamble,that gamble who pay tax in their country!but nobody cant expect that every site have company in every country!
Joined: May '08
Location: Lithuania
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 10090
yeah like robbo says I also think that this total blackout of online poker in Australia will benefit the real poker establishments, so brick and mortar poker will be booming in the coming months and years if of course situation with online poker doesn't change yet again.
Joined: Jan '17
Location: Lithuania
Age: 66 (M)
Posts: 1756
This is sad to see politicians making such changes to Australiapoker market and now all simple people who like to play online poker will have no chance to do this. So stupid, so online poker is something like drugs or pornography or selling guns. Why such stupid laws?
