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http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story_business_island.asp?j=197089784&p=y97x9x49x
Quote:Online gaming companies suspended business in the United States today after Congress backed a Bill to outlaw internet gambling.888 Holdings said US customers would no longer be permitted to bet on its websites from today, while larger rival PartyGaming – the owner of Party Poker – said it would follow suit when President George Bush signs the Bill into law, which is expected in the next two weeks.
Though I don’t promote either, this isn’t a good sign. I did read where Paradise was not going to stop promoting. Wonder how many will follow this process also?
Wait and see.
Possibly all the british places and all the public companies will follow.
I think it’s an industry strategy, try to get all the gamblers screaming as a last ditch effort to get bush to not sign the bill.
Boy if there was ever a time i wish there was a line item veto, it’s now.
This is pretty unbelievable (actually not), but the online gambling industry stock prices took a $6.5 billion dollar hit today. :eh:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061002/bs_nm/leisure_partygaming_dc
AmCan wrote:I think it’s an industry strategy, try to get all the gamblers screaming as a last ditch effort to get bush to not sign the bill.Boy if there was ever a time i wish there was a line item veto, it’s now.
Thats the problem, no one is going to scream. Americans are too involved in their own little worlds to care about bigger pictures. They will just find a new device most likely a government controlled one.
I believe the screaming will come after the fact Americans fully realize their freedom to gamble online is gone. By then it will be too late.
greek39
Well I knew it would come to an end, but the fact that within 72 hours, a banking law, that won’t get enforced for 9-12 months has ended everything, is amazing.
I figured we’d have a 3 to 6 month window of time to shutdown/change.
:shots: :Bong: And I still feel pain
