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*Consumer Comment: INTERNET GAMBLING DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU AN HONEST GAME
*Consumer Comment: INTERNET GAMBLING DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU AN HONEST GAME
*Consumer Comment: INTERNET GAMBLING DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU AN HONEST GAME
*Consumer Comment: INTERNET GAMBLING DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU AN HONEST GAME
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I had a problem with Full tilt poker (FTP) about 2-3 weeks ago, since then I found out they do use bots, and when I demanded my money back for doing so, they quickly deleted my account, and will not refund the money in my balance.
Be AWARE, FTP is a scam of a website, and if you dig deep enough, find out enough info, they will quickly delete you so you can no longer use there site, and keep the balance of your own money. FTP will not respond to my emails demanding my balance be returned to me. This is not bonus money, this is my own hard earned money. They will not respond; they are scammers.
Naturally, not everyone has noticed, but if you ask certain questions they respond with comments like: "we will not discuss this" This is a "nuisanse" of an issue, please read our terms & conditions, which I did plenty of times, it makes it clear players, human players(customers) cannot use bots, but no mention about FTP using bots, that was my question. They then stop responding to my questions completely. I then threaten to file suit, within an hour they send me an email that my account is closed and no further emails from me will be responded to. I have a balance in my real money account, but cannot get to it. They explained my balance is now FTP's. The money I had in it is gone, and they will not explain themselves.
Do not sign up to FTP, if you already have, do not play with real money. The moment you have a problem, if it's to much of a problem they will close your account, and keep your money that's in it. They give you no warning about doing this. This is just another scam of theres to take regular people's money. The whole issue started because my account would not allow me to withdraw the money I had in my balance. I then called "tilt pay" there billing company, and they told me they will not help me take out money, they only help if people want to deposit money, I emailed support, no help. I filed a complaint to KGC which is FTP only oversight.
The problems that FTP gives far out-weighs the fun in playing cards. There are plenty of other online sites, some of which I am already a member of. None, absolutely none, have been as bad, as irresponsible, uncooperative, and a pure scam like FTP is. Look elsewhere if you want to play poker online. If you want to find out for yourself without losing money, email support@fulltiltpoker.com and ask for the name of the owner/ceo (it's Bitar) but they will not tell you. Ask for a phone number in case you have a problem, they will not give it to you.
Any company that has to hide this information from it's customers is a company you should steer clear of, especially FTP. What are they hiding from??? If they were fair, honest and reputable then they shouldn't have an issue with giving out this info. They know exactly what kinds of scams and schemes they have going on, and the few who dig deep enough, they cut off their account. Then there is no way to get a hold of them.
Tiltware LLC is the parent company to FTP.
I would stay away from Tiltware as well as any sub company of it, I simply have no faith in any of them and they give me no reason to do so.
Goldrush
kenton, Delaware
U.S.A.
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#4 Consumer Comment
INTERNET GAMBLING DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU AN HONEST GAME
AUTHOR: Joe - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, February 23, 2009
I ONCE RECEIVED A FREE BOOK FROM FREE TILT POKER WHICH EXPLAINED TO ME HOW TO PLAY THE GAME OF TEXAS HOLD EM. IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO SO I CANT QUITE REMEMBER IF OTHER FORMS OF POKER WERE COVERED BUT I ALSO REMEMBER I DID NOT FEEL RIGHT ABOUT IT.
MY DAD LEARNED HOW TO PLAY POKER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME, HE WOULD HAVE HIS FRIENDS OVER AND THEY WOULD PLAY CARDS
YOU COULD SEE YOUR OPPONENTS AND YOU COULD SEE THE POKER POT AND YOU COULD REALLY PLAY AND THOSE OLD GUYS WERE REALLY GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD, HONEST GAME --NOBODY MARKED THE DECKS WITH THEIR FINGERNAILS OR ANY OF THE OTHER CHEAP CHEATING THAT SUPPOSEDLY GOES ON.
THEY JUST PLAYED WITH REAL MONEY --VERY LOW STAKES --AND HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND WHEN I SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I REALIZED AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATED THE BOOK, I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY POKER ON THE INTERNET. FOR ONE THING,
I DO NOT TRUST THE INTERNET EVERY SINCE I HAD $200 STOLEN FROM MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT.HACKERS APPARENTLY STOLE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR SECURITY WAS IMPROVED OR NOT SINCE THEN BUT I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THE CHANCE WITH IT IN THESE PRECARIOUS ECONOMIC TIMES. THERE WAS NO WAY TO CONTACT THEM AND ABSOLUTELY NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED IF PEOPLE COULD SET UP WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE INTERNET SECURITY, THEN PEOPLE COULD GET PAST THIS SECURITY AND STEAL WHATEVER THEY FOUND IN YOUR COMPUTER STORAGE AND WHATEVER WAS ON THE SITE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A STEADY AMOUNT OF HIGHLY TRAINED, BRILLIANT COMPUTER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WHAT I THINK WAS UNJUSTLY LAID OFF SINCE 2000 IN THE UNITED STATES SO HOW ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE?
NOW,ON TO THE POKER. I WANT TO SMELL THE CIGAR SMOKE, HEAR THE CARDS SHUFFLE, SEE THE PEOPLE I WOULD BE PLAYING CARDS WITH, TASTE THE ICE COLD BEVERAGES AND THE PASTRAMI SANDWICHES,HEAR THE CARDS BEING SHUFFLED, TOUCH THE CARDS WHEN I DEAL...
WHO IS REALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COMPUTER --IF I WANTED TO GAMBLE THERE?
A BOT? THREE OTHER PLAYERS? HOW DO I KNOW FOR SURE?
I DON'T.
WHY OPERATE A GAME WITH FOUR STRANGERS WHEN THE CONNECTION WOULD BE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE? I COULD JUST GET A BOT, SET THE ODDS TO BENEFIT THE HOUSE AND RAKE IN THE MONEY FROM ALL OF THE FOOLS WHO WOULD HAVE NO IDEA AND THEN I WOULD GET ALL THE GAMBLING ADDICTS AND JUNKIES WHO DON'T CARE, THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO GET DOWN WITH A BET NO MATTER WHAT!
WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO WASTE.
IMAGINE SETTING THE ODDS TO SUIT YOURSELF AND NOT HAVE THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING A CASINO --JUST SET UP A BOT AND WAIT FOR THE SUCKERS TO COME POURING IN.
INTERNET GAMBLING IS SUPPOSED TO BE AGAINST THE LAW IN THE USA BUT IF YOU SET UP YOUR ONLINE GAMBLING OFFSHORE OR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, THE SUCKERS WILL FIND YOU. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RAKE IN THE CASH BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH DEGENERATE GAMBLERS WAITING TO GIVE IT UP.
WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR ORGANIZED CRIME AND ANY OTHER CRIMINAL WHO WANTED A LOT OF MONEY FAST!
I AM NOT SAYING FULL TILT POKER IS DISHONEST OR THAT THEY ARE RUN BY ORGANIZED CRIME. THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THAT NEW FEDERAL LAW THAT SUPPOSEDLY FORBIDS ONLINE GAMBLING BASED IN THE USA. I AM STILL RESEARCHING THAT BUT I DO REMEMBER SEEING SUCH A NOTICE POSTED ON MY YAHOO HOME PAGE. I DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE IF FULL TILT POKER IS DISHONEST OR IF THEY GIVE A GOOD POKER GAME OR NOT BECAUSE I AM NOT ABOUT TO BE PLAYING WITH THEM OR ANY OTHER ONLINE GAMBLING SITE.
I DON'T TRUST ANYBODY!
MY DAD TOLD ME THAT THE FUN OF POKER WAS BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE OTHER PLAYERS AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN HAVE THIS FUN WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMPUTER OR IF THERE IS EVEN ANYONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I THINK I WILL PASS ON INTERNET GAMBLING.
IF YOU WANT TO PLAY, IT IS UP TO YOU BUT DON'T EXPECT THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD GAME OR AN HONEST HIGH STAKES GAME YOU WOULD GET IN A CASINO OR LEGALLY LICENSED GAMBLING FACILITY.
I JUST DO NOT KNOW WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMPUTER!
#3 Consumer Comment
INTERNET GAMBLING DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU AN HONEST GAME
AUTHOR: Joe - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, February 23, 2009
I ONCE RECEIVED A FREE BOOK FROM FREE TILT POKER WHICH EXPLAINED TO ME HOW TO PLAY THE GAME OF TEXAS HOLD EM. IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO SO I CANT QUITE REMEMBER IF OTHER FORMS OF POKER WERE COVERED BUT I ALSO REMEMBER I DID NOT FEEL RIGHT ABOUT IT.
MY DAD LEARNED HOW TO PLAY POKER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME, HE WOULD HAVE HIS FRIENDS OVER AND THEY WOULD PLAY CARDS
YOU COULD SEE YOUR OPPONENTS AND YOU COULD SEE THE POKER POT AND YOU COULD REALLY PLAY AND THOSE OLD GUYS WERE REALLY GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD, HONEST GAME --NOBODY MARKED THE DECKS WITH THEIR FINGERNAILS OR ANY OF THE OTHER CHEAP CHEATING THAT SUPPOSEDLY GOES ON.
THEY JUST PLAYED WITH REAL MONEY --VERY LOW STAKES --AND HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND WHEN I SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I REALIZED AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATED THE BOOK, I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY POKER ON THE INTERNET. FOR ONE THING,
I DO NOT TRUST THE INTERNET EVERY SINCE I HAD $200 STOLEN FROM MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT.HACKERS APPARENTLY STOLE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR SECURITY WAS IMPROVED OR NOT SINCE THEN BUT I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THE CHANCE WITH IT IN THESE PRECARIOUS ECONOMIC TIMES. THERE WAS NO WAY TO CONTACT THEM AND ABSOLUTELY NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED IF PEOPLE COULD SET UP WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE INTERNET SECURITY, THEN PEOPLE COULD GET PAST THIS SECURITY AND STEAL WHATEVER THEY FOUND IN YOUR COMPUTER STORAGE AND WHATEVER WAS ON THE SITE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A STEADY AMOUNT OF HIGHLY TRAINED, BRILLIANT COMPUTER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WHAT I THINK WAS UNJUSTLY LAID OFF SINCE 2000 IN THE UNITED STATES SO HOW ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE?
NOW,ON TO THE POKER. I WANT TO SMELL THE CIGAR SMOKE, HEAR THE CARDS SHUFFLE, SEE THE PEOPLE I WOULD BE PLAYING CARDS WITH, TASTE THE ICE COLD BEVERAGES AND THE PASTRAMI SANDWICHES,HEAR THE CARDS BEING SHUFFLED, TOUCH THE CARDS WHEN I DEAL...
WHO IS REALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COMPUTER --IF I WANTED TO GAMBLE THERE?
A BOT? THREE OTHER PLAYERS? HOW DO I KNOW FOR SURE?
I DON'T.
WHY OPERATE A GAME WITH FOUR STRANGERS WHEN THE CONNECTION WOULD BE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE? I COULD JUST GET A BOT, SET THE ODDS TO BENEFIT THE HOUSE AND RAKE IN THE MONEY FROM ALL OF THE FOOLS WHO WOULD HAVE NO IDEA AND THEN I WOULD GET ALL THE GAMBLING ADDICTS AND JUNKIES WHO DON'T CARE, THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO GET DOWN WITH A BET NO MATTER WHAT!
WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO WASTE.
IMAGINE SETTING THE ODDS TO SUIT YOURSELF AND NOT HAVE THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING A CASINO --JUST SET UP A BOT AND WAIT FOR THE SUCKERS TO COME POURING IN.
INTERNET GAMBLING IS SUPPOSED TO BE AGAINST THE LAW IN THE USA BUT IF YOU SET UP YOUR ONLINE GAMBLING OFFSHORE OR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, THE SUCKERS WILL FIND YOU. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RAKE IN THE CASH BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH DEGENERATE GAMBLERS WAITING TO GIVE IT UP.
WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR ORGANIZED CRIME AND ANY OTHER CRIMINAL WHO WANTED A LOT OF MONEY FAST!
I AM NOT SAYING FULL TILT POKER IS DISHONEST OR THAT THEY ARE RUN BY ORGANIZED CRIME. THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THAT NEW FEDERAL LAW THAT SUPPOSEDLY FORBIDS ONLINE GAMBLING BASED IN THE USA. I AM STILL RESEARCHING THAT BUT I DO REMEMBER SEEING SUCH A NOTICE POSTED ON MY YAHOO HOME PAGE. I DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE IF FULL TILT POKER IS DISHONEST OR IF THEY GIVE A GOOD POKER GAME OR NOT BECAUSE I AM NOT ABOUT TO BE PLAYING WITH THEM OR ANY OTHER ONLINE GAMBLING SITE.
I DON'T TRUST ANYBODY!
MY DAD TOLD ME THAT THE FUN OF POKER WAS BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE OTHER PLAYERS AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN HAVE THIS FUN WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMPUTER OR IF THERE IS EVEN ANYONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I THINK I WILL PASS ON INTERNET GAMBLING.
IF YOU WANT TO PLAY, IT IS UP TO YOU BUT DON'T EXPECT THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD GAME OR AN HONEST HIGH STAKES GAME YOU WOULD GET IN A CASINO OR LEGALLY LICENSED GAMBLING FACILITY.
I JUST DO NOT KNOW WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMPUTER!
#2 Consumer Comment
INTERNET GAMBLING DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU AN HONEST GAME
AUTHOR: Joe - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, February 23, 2009
I ONCE RECEIVED A FREE BOOK FROM FREE TILT POKER WHICH EXPLAINED TO ME HOW TO PLAY THE GAME OF TEXAS HOLD EM. IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO SO I CANT QUITE REMEMBER IF OTHER FORMS OF POKER WERE COVERED BUT I ALSO REMEMBER I DID NOT FEEL RIGHT ABOUT IT.
MY DAD LEARNED HOW TO PLAY POKER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME, HE WOULD HAVE HIS FRIENDS OVER AND THEY WOULD PLAY CARDS
YOU COULD SEE YOUR OPPONENTS AND YOU COULD SEE THE POKER POT AND YOU COULD REALLY PLAY AND THOSE OLD GUYS WERE REALLY GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD, HONEST GAME --NOBODY MARKED THE DECKS WITH THEIR FINGERNAILS OR ANY OF THE OTHER CHEAP CHEATING THAT SUPPOSEDLY GOES ON.
THEY JUST PLAYED WITH REAL MONEY --VERY LOW STAKES --AND HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND WHEN I SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I REALIZED AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATED THE BOOK, I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY POKER ON THE INTERNET. FOR ONE THING,
I DO NOT TRUST THE INTERNET EVERY SINCE I HAD $200 STOLEN FROM MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT.HACKERS APPARENTLY STOLE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR SECURITY WAS IMPROVED OR NOT SINCE THEN BUT I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THE CHANCE WITH IT IN THESE PRECARIOUS ECONOMIC TIMES. THERE WAS NO WAY TO CONTACT THEM AND ABSOLUTELY NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED IF PEOPLE COULD SET UP WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE INTERNET SECURITY, THEN PEOPLE COULD GET PAST THIS SECURITY AND STEAL WHATEVER THEY FOUND IN YOUR COMPUTER STORAGE AND WHATEVER WAS ON THE SITE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A STEADY AMOUNT OF HIGHLY TRAINED, BRILLIANT COMPUTER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WHAT I THINK WAS UNJUSTLY LAID OFF SINCE 2000 IN THE UNITED STATES SO HOW ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE?
NOW,ON TO THE POKER. I WANT TO SMELL THE CIGAR SMOKE, HEAR THE CARDS SHUFFLE, SEE THE PEOPLE I WOULD BE PLAYING CARDS WITH, TASTE THE ICE COLD BEVERAGES AND THE PASTRAMI SANDWICHES,HEAR THE CARDS BEING SHUFFLED, TOUCH THE CARDS WHEN I DEAL...
WHO IS REALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COMPUTER --IF I WANTED TO GAMBLE THERE?
A BOT? THREE OTHER PLAYERS? HOW DO I KNOW FOR SURE?
I DON'T.
WHY OPERATE A GAME WITH FOUR STRANGERS WHEN THE CONNECTION WOULD BE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE? I COULD JUST GET A BOT, SET THE ODDS TO BENEFIT THE HOUSE AND RAKE IN THE MONEY FROM ALL OF THE FOOLS WHO WOULD HAVE NO IDEA AND THEN I WOULD GET ALL THE GAMBLING ADDICTS AND JUNKIES WHO DON'T CARE, THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO GET DOWN WITH A BET NO MATTER WHAT!
WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO WASTE.
IMAGINE SETTING THE ODDS TO SUIT YOURSELF AND NOT HAVE THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING A CASINO --JUST SET UP A BOT AND WAIT FOR THE SUCKERS TO COME POURING IN.
INTERNET GAMBLING IS SUPPOSED TO BE AGAINST THE LAW IN THE USA BUT IF YOU SET UP YOUR ONLINE GAMBLING OFFSHORE OR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, THE SUCKERS WILL FIND YOU. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RAKE IN THE CASH BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH DEGENERATE GAMBLERS WAITING TO GIVE IT UP.
WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR ORGANIZED CRIME AND ANY OTHER CRIMINAL WHO WANTED A LOT OF MONEY FAST!
I AM NOT SAYING FULL TILT POKER IS DISHONEST OR THAT THEY ARE RUN BY ORGANIZED CRIME. THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THAT NEW FEDERAL LAW THAT SUPPOSEDLY FORBIDS ONLINE GAMBLING BASED IN THE USA. I AM STILL RESEARCHING THAT BUT I DO REMEMBER SEEING SUCH A NOTICE POSTED ON MY YAHOO HOME PAGE. I DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE IF FULL TILT POKER IS DISHONEST OR IF THEY GIVE A GOOD POKER GAME OR NOT BECAUSE I AM NOT ABOUT TO BE PLAYING WITH THEM OR ANY OTHER ONLINE GAMBLING SITE.
I DON'T TRUST ANYBODY!
MY DAD TOLD ME THAT THE FUN OF POKER WAS BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE OTHER PLAYERS AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN HAVE THIS FUN WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMPUTER OR IF THERE IS EVEN ANYONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I THINK I WILL PASS ON INTERNET GAMBLING.
IF YOU WANT TO PLAY, IT IS UP TO YOU BUT DON'T EXPECT THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD GAME OR AN HONEST HIGH STAKES GAME YOU WOULD GET IN A CASINO OR LEGALLY LICENSED GAMBLING FACILITY.
I JUST DO NOT KNOW WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMPUTER!
#1 Consumer Comment
INTERNET GAMBLING DOES NOT GUARANTEE YOU AN HONEST GAME
AUTHOR: Joe - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, February 23, 2009
I ONCE RECEIVED A FREE BOOK FROM FREE TILT POKER WHICH EXPLAINED TO ME HOW TO PLAY THE GAME OF TEXAS HOLD EM. IT WAS A FEW YEARS AGO SO I CANT QUITE REMEMBER IF OTHER FORMS OF POKER WERE COVERED BUT I ALSO REMEMBER I DID NOT FEEL RIGHT ABOUT IT.
MY DAD LEARNED HOW TO PLAY POKER IN HIGH SCHOOL AND EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT AT HOME, HE WOULD HAVE HIS FRIENDS OVER AND THEY WOULD PLAY CARDS
YOU COULD SEE YOUR OPPONENTS AND YOU COULD SEE THE POKER POT AND YOU COULD REALLY PLAY AND THOSE OLD GUYS WERE REALLY GOOD. IT WAS A GOOD, HONEST GAME --NOBODY MARKED THE DECKS WITH THEIR FINGERNAILS OR ANY OF THE OTHER CHEAP CHEATING THAT SUPPOSEDLY GOES ON.
THEY JUST PLAYED WITH REAL MONEY --VERY LOW STAKES --AND HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND WHEN I SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I REALIZED AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATED THE BOOK, I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY POKER ON THE INTERNET. FOR ONE THING,
I DO NOT TRUST THE INTERNET EVERY SINCE I HAD $200 STOLEN FROM MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT.HACKERS APPARENTLY STOLE IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEIR SECURITY WAS IMPROVED OR NOT SINCE THEN BUT I AM NOT GOING TO TAKE THE CHANCE WITH IT IN THESE PRECARIOUS ECONOMIC TIMES. THERE WAS NO WAY TO CONTACT THEM AND ABSOLUTELY NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED IF PEOPLE COULD SET UP WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE INTERNET SECURITY, THEN PEOPLE COULD GET PAST THIS SECURITY AND STEAL WHATEVER THEY FOUND IN YOUR COMPUTER STORAGE AND WHATEVER WAS ON THE SITE.
THERE HAVE BEEN A STEADY AMOUNT OF HIGHLY TRAINED, BRILLIANT COMPUTER PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN WHAT I THINK WAS UNJUSTLY LAID OFF SINCE 2000 IN THE UNITED STATES SO HOW ELSE ARE THEY GOING TO LIVE?
NOW,ON TO THE POKER. I WANT TO SMELL THE CIGAR SMOKE, HEAR THE CARDS SHUFFLE, SEE THE PEOPLE I WOULD BE PLAYING CARDS WITH, TASTE THE ICE COLD BEVERAGES AND THE PASTRAMI SANDWICHES,HEAR THE CARDS BEING SHUFFLED, TOUCH THE CARDS WHEN I DEAL...
WHO IS REALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COMPUTER --IF I WANTED TO GAMBLE THERE?
A BOT? THREE OTHER PLAYERS? HOW DO I KNOW FOR SURE?
I DON'T.
WHY OPERATE A GAME WITH FOUR STRANGERS WHEN THE CONNECTION WOULD BE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE? I COULD JUST GET A BOT, SET THE ODDS TO BENEFIT THE HOUSE AND RAKE IN THE MONEY FROM ALL OF THE FOOLS WHO WOULD HAVE NO IDEA AND THEN I WOULD GET ALL THE GAMBLING ADDICTS AND JUNKIES WHO DON'T CARE, THEY FEEL THEY HAVE TO GET DOWN WITH A BET NO MATTER WHAT!
WELL, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO WASTE.
IMAGINE SETTING THE ODDS TO SUIT YOURSELF AND NOT HAVE THE EXPENSE OF RUNNING A CASINO --JUST SET UP A BOT AND WAIT FOR THE SUCKERS TO COME POURING IN.
INTERNET GAMBLING IS SUPPOSED TO BE AGAINST THE LAW IN THE USA BUT IF YOU SET UP YOUR ONLINE GAMBLING OFFSHORE OR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, THE SUCKERS WILL FIND YOU. AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS RAKE IN THE CASH BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH DEGENERATE GAMBLERS WAITING TO GIVE IT UP.
WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR ORGANIZED CRIME AND ANY OTHER CRIMINAL WHO WANTED A LOT OF MONEY FAST!
I AM NOT SAYING FULL TILT POKER IS DISHONEST OR THAT THEY ARE RUN BY ORGANIZED CRIME. THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THAT NEW FEDERAL LAW THAT SUPPOSEDLY FORBIDS ONLINE GAMBLING BASED IN THE USA. I AM STILL RESEARCHING THAT BUT I DO REMEMBER SEEING SUCH A NOTICE POSTED ON MY YAHOO HOME PAGE. I DO NOT KNOW FOR SURE IF FULL TILT POKER IS DISHONEST OR IF THEY GIVE A GOOD POKER GAME OR NOT BECAUSE I AM NOT ABOUT TO BE PLAYING WITH THEM OR ANY OTHER ONLINE GAMBLING SITE.
I DON'T TRUST ANYBODY!
MY DAD TOLD ME THAT THE FUN OF POKER WAS BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE OTHER PLAYERS AND I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN HAVE THIS FUN WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMPUTER OR IF THERE IS EVEN ANYONE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I THINK I WILL PASS ON INTERNET GAMBLING.
IF YOU WANT TO PLAY, IT IS UP TO YOU BUT DON'T EXPECT THE FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD GAME OR AN HONEST HIGH STAKES GAME YOU WOULD GET IN A CASINO OR LEGALLY LICENSED GAMBLING FACILITY.
I JUST DO NOT KNOW WHO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COMPUTER!
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