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From what I am seeing on the casino side the casinos themselves are not pwermitted to such things, I think they are held in check by RTG, Micro and Playtech.
allfreechips wrote:From what I am seeing on the casino side…I think they are held in check by RTG, Micro and Playtech.Maybe, but I don’t believe that’s the real issue.
Why the hell would the platforms do that? Especially when all we are asking from them is a lousy freegin’ email campaign.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… it was the smartest damn move ever, both financially and politically, for all of these programs to PULL US players, especially big rooms like Party and 888. This seems like the only way to raise public awareness of bills such as these and it had to be done right now, before elections. Nothing like pissing off a bunch of VOTERS right before elections happen.
Dan
In regard to PPA:
Casinos have a connotation of “pure chance” gambling, and PPA is trying his darndest to distance Poker (a skill game, with element of luck) from the Casino games. I believe he feels that joining forces with a Casino organization will dampen any attempt he is making to separate the 2.
Again, this is all after the fact, and is a moot point, as the law will be signed this week.
AdioKing,
It may have been a “brilliant” move on their part… but what are the rest of the casinos doing now to raise awareness? Jack:bullshit: that’s what.
dhayman,
He may distance himself… but what is he doing now to get the public motivated and help us stop this bill from being signed the industry goes :flush:
Integrity,
I don’t think the PPA is large enough to wield any power, let alone noise, even though they do pay for press clippings once in a while. Just not a powerful enough organization, IMO.
I don’t quite understand why the big public online boys didn’t lobby harder and throw more money at this problem months back. I really think they were the only ones who could have stopped this from happening. They had the resources (i.e., money). Did they really think this day would never happen OR do they think this will somehow blow over, and they know something that we don’t ??? It amazes me that some of these companies have lost over 50 % market cap, and all they seem to be doing is bending over.
It’s all still rather incomprehensible, but unless you are in the Michael Corfman (Casino City) camp, it appears that we will all be out of business shortly, courtesy our Federal government.
AdioKing wrote:I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… it was the smartest damn move ever, both financially and politically, for all of these programs to PULL US players, especially big rooms like Party and 888. This seems like the only way to raise public awareness of bills such as these and it had to be done right now, before elections. Nothing like pissing off a bunch of VOTERS right before elections happen.Dan
Audioking,To date, the public awareness is nil. And being buried behind the Ports Bill, which will get lots of media attention, will barely attract attention for us, IMO.
I don’t see how their pulling the plug helps them or us at all. Once the bill is signed and is law, it makes it irrefutable and enforceable, unless someone challenges it in the courts. And as well all know, the Courts are ultra-conservative (2 recent Bush nominees). There is no way it gets reversed UNTIL the government decides to introduce legislantion to “legalize”. And at that point, they are handing the ball over to the Land casinos. It’ll be a couple of years before we see this happen.
In the interim, the big public companies lose big time, we lose out big time, and the American public gets screwed.
Our only savior would have been for these big companies to spend millions of dollars to lobby the right people. They didn’t; hence, game, set, and match.
Integrity wrote:Yup, and to fight this Bill legally a company would need to be in compliance. However, Party Gaming sees the bigger picture here: Long-term industry survival.Most affiliate programs claim they are doing something by “staying the course” or conducting “business as usual”… BLAH!
What that translates to is “Yea, we’re still trying to make money… but other than that you guys are on your own. Oh, and by the way, keep sending us traffic as long as you can.”
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J Todd hit it right on the button guys…
dhayman wrote:I don’t think the PPA is large enough to wield any power, let alone noise, even though they do pay for press clippings once in a while. Just not a powerful enough organization, IMO.This is true; they arent large enough and thus they dont have a big enough budget to make that big of an impact.
Also, agree with integrity on this, the affiliate programs care about one thing and one thing only; themselves and the money flow.
