This week’s episode of Perspectives Weekly, J Todd gives us an update on Full Tilt Poker and the money their players aren’t getting. J Todd talks about how Full Tilt’s players took the shaft yet again as Full Tilt paid out Alderney half a million but gave its players nada. Take home message, on the priority list, players are at the bottom.
FairPlayUSA adds Mike Sexton, Hall of Fame poker player, to their roster to give them some credibility. Sexton is the perfect choice, mostly because he doesn’t have any Full Tilt associations.
Greece allows advertising for online gambling, there’s just one problem, online gambling operators don’t have licenses yet! Greece plans to scalp players by making them play 10 percent on winnings and have operators pay 30 percent on profits. Can you say ‘money grab’?
If you follow the money in California, the amount of lobbying dollars being spent will make your head spin. With all the lobbying, and the various diverging interests and tribal disagreements, it’s not that big of a surprise that it has already been two years since bills to legalize online gambling hit the state. To make it worse, it looks like the state is heading for yet another year of debate.