Taking a GAMBLE on a plane flight? (Hah, I kill me!)
- Thread starter Sound of Silence
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Dirty see what I was talking about? It clearly says SPORTS*CASINO*POKER Bodog.com. When you go there, it's a gambling site, and gamble is illigal in most U.S. states. Somebody in Government is defenetly getting paid under the table to let this happen, and still bust bookies all over U.S. and keep on saying no internet gambling as well.
This what he said
"This in-air branding exercise will allow us to target a specific player demographic, while continuing to expand the presence of our brand throughout the continental United States."
"Passengers flying in any of these Bodog.com-branded jets will have a chance to win their next trip to Las Vegas when they sign up for a Bodog.com account and deposit a minimum of $20"
EXPENDING THE PRESENCE OF OUR BRAND THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES- I wonder if any body is going to complain to the government. Good bussinessman that guy is, I give him that, but then again with that kind of income he can slap a logo on some stripper's ass in vegas (if the pay is good) she wouldn't mind.
"This in-air branding exercise will allow us to target a specific player demographic, while continuing to expand the presence of our brand throughout the continental United States."
"Passengers flying in any of these Bodog.com-branded jets will have a chance to win their next trip to Las Vegas when they sign up for a Bodog.com account and deposit a minimum of $20"
EXPENDING THE PRESENCE OF OUR BRAND THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES- I wonder if any body is going to complain to the government. Good bussinessman that guy is, I give him that, but then again with that kind of income he can slap a logo on some stripper's ass in vegas (if the pay is good) she wouldn't mind.
This guy will neither fvck it up for us all and make Government strict about on-line gambling, or will change the law, and again with the money Bodog is making change the law is very likely ooutcome.
What exactly is Bodog doing that has past case law proving it is illegal?
Aside from the "for informational purposes only" workarounds for TV adveritsing with Bodog.net and Partypoker.net (which I imagine wont last much longer), I don't see anything they are doing that is that brash.
Aside from the "for informational purposes only" workarounds for TV adveritsing with Bodog.net and Partypoker.net (which I imagine wont last much longer), I don't see anything they are doing that is that brash.
The government is keep on saying gambling is illigal in U.S. gambling on the internet with off shore books is illigal in U.S. Yet what is Bodog? A GAMBLING WEB SITE that advertise IN the U.S. FOR U.S. gamblers. Is that in any way more clear how wrong it's seems and yet government is silent about it, SoS?
What can the government do? Bodog is not an American company. None of the offshore sportsbooks are American companies. Thats why they are *offshore*.
I suppose he could be arrested if he set foot on US soil, but he's not and never was a US citizen and I doubt the country he is a citizen of (Canada I believe) would just stand idly by and let that happen. And Cohen not-withstanding, if the government started jailing any sportsbook operator/owner/employee that steps foot on US soil the public outcry would be far too enormous to even consider it.
There's no possible way for the US to restrict American gamblers from betting offshore... It's just not technically possible. Even if you restrict stateside payment processors, there will be plenty of offshore payment processors for Americans to use -- and you can't outlaw an American from sending money to an offshore account/holding... It's perfectly legal.
So the only avenue the government *could* take is to restrict print/television/etc advertising. To do that they have to go over the actual MEDIA and put pressure and file charges, not the sportsbooks. Again, if the US government starts putting pressure on magazines, newspapers, radio stations, etc... to stop allowing gambling advertising then there will be a large public outcry -- especially from the media itself. The US government does not want a battle with the American media, as the American media for the most part tells the American people what to think, who to vote for, etc...
Even ignoring all of that, its a slippery slope. You start banning offshore sportsbook advertising in the US then you start getting into "free speech/press" issues.
Bodog and ParyPoker are pushing the limits with their ".net" workarounds, and I don't expect those to last -- but there is simply no way for the US government to stop offshore gambling, and all trying harder will do is cause the industry to become more and more unregulated.
What can they do is make it really hard for the offshore on-line gamblers to send money to the sportsbook. Or get paid from them. Trace all the transections which they suspect, after all some credit cards has a block on sports book transaction allready. Western Union, Netller, Firepay and other do that and we fycked
Neteller and Firepay are offshore companies -- what the US wants has no bearing on how they operate. If Neteller had to cut off all sportsbook transfer from US citizens, they'd go out of business... They aren't going to stop because some foreign country (the US) of which they are not governered by tells them to.
They have money fellas. Look at the top right corner of this page.