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Well who cares as long as millions of credit card pounds/euros end up in the pockets of offshore tax-dodgers and some find their way back to the media industry.
Ever since Online Gambling was banned in the US of A, the industry bombs Europe with expensive advertisements in TV, magazines, newspapers, just to get the money of those susceptible to gambling. If they actually have the money or not is the credit card companies' problem, where debts mount to new heights every month...
Thanks you Independent for driving a few more victims into debt.
will you be developing 'difficult' pornography. and i presume youll be moving into phamaceuticals.
congratulations.
Most gamblers online, as indeed is the case in the real world, treat gambling as a leisure pursuit, and those that take it too far are in the tiny minority. The industry is actually pretty regulated and whilst the arguments about offshore earning have some validity, online gambling is providing a very welcome boost to uk media owners (who do pay tax in this country) at a time when other corporations are slashing their advertising budgets.
Every newspaper carries horse racing cards specifically for betting tips. Where's the outcry there?
I'd like to know how many of the above commenters actually play poker, because if you do they do they'll know it's a game of skill - if you simply gamble you'll lose.
Nina, "For every winner there are thousands who have lost big sums, become bankrupt or homeless, have seen their families suffer." Please... this isn't the Daily Mail here. That's the most ludicrous over-the-top statement I'll read this week.
A respected newspaper offering a free to enter poker tournament.
Shock / Horror...must post a comment to complain...how sad!
If you are so week and vulnerable that you feel to play in this league will drag you into the depths of depravity and leave you a shambling homeless wreck with masses of debt then I truly feel sorry for you.
I am hoping you lot are a general representation of the Independent readership as then the league can be left to us degenerate punters who lounge round all day playing poker.
...and, long term, it's a game of skill, but you probably wouldn't understand the reasoning behind this, so let's just leave that for another time.
Thanks for the league Independent.
But dont let facts like that get in the way of ignorant sanctimony.
But dont let that get in the way of sanctimony.
One more dustbin for the stupid to dispose of their money.
http://pokerknave.com/2009/04/29/blog-o
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i am a regular player on virgin poker and play to my limits and within a budget.It is all about control and bankroll management.The difference with poker "GAMBLING" is that it is a skill which ignorant and/or stupid people dont comprehend.You decide what action to take and ultimately with the use of skill/percentage odds/player knowledge/table position etc etc decide you own destiny.Quite a bit different from the lottery and horse racing or even casino games.The people who lose usually are not as skillful in the game.
Anyway thanks to Virgin and the Independent for this great free monthly tourny.
Just like to say that while certain people are moaning about the morals of poker I will be in Vegas thanks to this free game as I won the first months league!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been great to play in.
Just hoping the lack of a tournament in October does not mean the end all together.