April 2011: D.C. officials said that they are planning to set up 20-30 online gambling "hot spots" in hotels, bars, clubs and other venues across the city by around September 1. The idea with these gambling "hot spots" was that poker players from all over the U.S. could play online poker legally against each other.
On August 22, in an interview with The Washington Post, Phil Hellmuth, winne[...] Read more » Black Friday: Phil Hellmuth on D.C.'s legal online gambling initiative
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Ye good point he is making... They should make it back playable in the whole USA. It's a win win situation. However the casino's do not gain profit out of this.
Yeah I agree, governement should just take control! This way we pay rakes just like taxes, instead of going in some rich dude's pockets, it goes in the governements pockets. Really a win-win situation.
Sometimes governements are REALLY slow to react, they should just take advantage of what's in front of them for the greater good...
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whats the point of having hot spots when u only gonna play online lol the objective of online is that you can play at your home, if you have to go somewhere to play how does it make different than casino.
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I am not sure if this type of event would attract as many people as Helmuth says, and i really don't consider it a good iniciative. Looks like they want to know the identity of who plays online poker in USA, and this sure would be a good way to put an way on possible game addicteds. Its the same as giving a bone to those who lost all the skeleton.
------------ I am not sure if this type of event would attract as many people as Helmuth says, and i really don't consider it a good iniciative. Looks like they want to know the identity of who plays online poker in USA, and this sure would be a good way to put an way on possible game addicteds. Its the same as giving a bone to those who lost all the skeleton.
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Just pathetic on so many levels, bars and clubs!! Not getting in to this one, hope the tax payers are happy with this money burning idea. Why do dumb people make it to the top, get over paid to think of such stupid ideas..PLEASE some one get a wet fish and go slap all the D.C. officials
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Personally, I think they should open the US market to whoever sets up their head office on American soil, charge a reasonable percentage of every rake, and audit the deals so that nobody is being screwed and the laws of Long Number Probability are being respected Seriously, if they charge too much they will kill it, not enough and it is not worth it. Things are going bad enough financially for the Americans, what better way to tap into some worldwide money?
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Seriously, if they charge too much they will kill it, not enough and it is not worth it. Things are going bad enough financially for the Americans, what better way to tap into some worldwide money?
