You play for MONEY with REAL money, not points.

Tinsldr2
Location: GA
Reply # 8
Date: Aug 17, 2009 - 8:29 PM EST Eng and the law
Yes, The law targets the financial transactions for gambling sites. You can play poker for free (not gambling just for points)or you can pay at sites with a credit card and still play for free not gambling. You can gamble on line just not with American Credit cards.

However my reply was to OBG who said "This seems absurdly odd, I would think Poker would already be legal since I can go to AOL, MSN, YAHOO! and others and play Hearts, Spades, Solitaire and many other games for REAL money from U S companies."

Those sites also have poker like I said but they are not...

Here is your link, NOTICE the YAHOO in the header.

http://games.king.com/game/card-games/hearts/?language=en

The other card games:
http://games.yahoo.com/skill-games

Just look in the list,the card games are identified.

obg


Tinsldr2
Location: GA
Reply # 5
Date: Aug 17, 2009 - 10:09 PM EST Sorry engineer I speak English
Sorry nut job. I speak English so when I tell OBG that sites like yahoo and AOL gaming are not effected by the law that is exactly what I mean. gaming sites are not effected and you can pay for them however you want. however, Like I said earlier this morning I am against any nanny state laws like this law in question and it should be repealed.

When I say that...

FYI, skill games, even skill card games (yes, they can be played as well) if you risk money, it IS gambling.

If I put up 10.00 that I can beat you at Hearts, i am gambling, I and you have no idea of what cards will be delt, same for poker.

The ONLY difdference, the largest "skill" site is owned by Liberty Media who owns 19% of NewsCorp/Fox news, the bastion of religious conservatism.

Tin wrote:
"THe internet poker the law targets is the actual gambling sites."

hey tin, guess you have failed to actually look, not surprising.

yes, you can play free BUT these games I am citing are not FREE with a service fee and games still free.

You ACTUALLY pay, by the game.

Individual entry fees from .75 up to 13.00 PER game.

Actually go to AOL, click games, see the bar - CASH GAMES

http://www.games.com//?icid=navbar_Games



Tinsldr2
Location: GA
Reply # 10
Date: Aug 17, 2009 - 6:26 PM EST Oldbook guy is getting conned
Old book writes: "This seems absurdly odd, I would think Poker would already be legal since I can go to AOL, MSN, YAHOO! and others and play Hearts, Spades, Solitaire and many other games for REAL money from U S...

This seems absurdly odd, I would think Poker would already be legal since I can go to AOL, MSN, YAHOO! and others and play Hearts, Spades, Solitaire and many other games for REAL money from U S companies.

I can even access these games for money right from the kids page!

So, what is up with this mess no poker?

A bunch of hooey, I think it must be as legal as the other card games?!