07 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: bandwith, new songs, torrents, utorrent
ok so like my limewire hasnt been working in FOREVER. and i wana fix it but idk how. i clicked disconnect and connect on the file button but still nothing. does anyone know how to work it?? i wana put new songs on my ipod!!!!!
Hmmm. You might want to reinstall Lime Wire. One of your recent torrents might have had a virus or some other malicious code that might be using all your bandwith from Lime Wire. Or maybe i'm jumping to conclusions. If all else fails, just delete/ uninstall it, and install Frost Wire or uTorrent or some other P2P file sharing program.
Could you explain how it does not work? Is it not connecting or not getting any hits ect.
If you want you can download a mirror of limewire like frostwire and see if it works.
you need to completely uninstall it. Then install it again. Moving your computer will make all the difference in the world. I had no green bars on the bottom of my screen, I did this and then it works perfectly now.
limewire = virus. when will people learn????
Lime Wire Acting Up!!?
06 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: game, google, grape vine, poker, quot
Ya i heard the government takes 80% of your winnings at poker and every other game people like to play, although i did not see any thing about this on google, just something i heard and i would like to know the truth thanks 
Yes, it sounds true that you heard this lie
They do not take any % of your winnings… unless you win over a certain amount and claim it on your taxes at the end of the year of course…
no thats not true. The government made it harder to deposit money to online gambling sites but if you use the right sites and right deposit methods then you will be ok.
You heard it through the "great vine", eh? Wonderful.
Do a search for "great vine" and see what sort of hits you get. then just for the fun of it, do a search for "GRAPE vine" and see if you have a bit more luck.
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Whatever vine you heard, you heard wrong.
I heard through the great vine that people from USA can't make money gambling online is this true?
06 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: bets, indians, legislative session, thoroughbred horse
Contained in the language of a state assembly bill that reads as if it was written by accountants lies the potential future of thoroughbred horse racing in California.
Supporters say the proposal, AB 2414, would breathe new life into a dying and listless industry that has to keep up with competition from Indian casinos and offshore sports betting.
Opponents say the legislation, sponsored by Betfair, a multi-national gambling corporation, and carried by Assembly Speaker John Perez, would wreck the game and harbors the potential to introduce a new form of cheating to California horse racing – playing to lose.
Both sides agree their fight has brought controversy to the final days of the 2009-2010 legislative session, which is scheduled to end Tuesday.
“What we want to do is expand gaming opportunities without infringing on the Indians or anybody else,” said Kirk Breed, executive director of the California Horse Racing Board, which supports the Perez bill. “And, that’s going to be controversial. the only change that ever happened has happened through controversy. I welcome controversy. I think it’s good.”
As originally introduced, AB 2414 would have increased takeouts – the money racetracks make on given bets.
A side benefit of that original proposal was language that would have permitted any California race track hosting the annual Breeder’s Cup to spend the extra takeout money on promotion of the annual horse racing championship series.
Supporters hope that portion of the bill would convince the Breeders Cup to permanently settle in California. hopefully at Santa Anita, Wiley said.
“Speaker Perez feels very strongly that the horse racing industry is an important part of the state economy and we are concerned about its present condition,” said George Wiley, an aide to Perez.
The controversy stems from a series of late amendments to the bill inserted last week. Those changes would make a form of gambling known as “exchange betting” legal in California – essentially allowing horse players to bet against one another by setting their own odds and potentially betting on horses to lose a race.
The change set off a storm of protest from trainers, who believe exchange betting would lead to race fixing. And, they cite reported examples in both England and Australia.
“We’ve heard of incidents where unscrupulous trainers, jockeys or owners have found a way to take advantage of the system,” said trainer Darrell Vienna, Southern California vice president of the California Thoroughbred Trainers association. “They have found that stopping a horse is easier than winning … it becomes so easy it only takes one person.”
Officials with Santa Anita’s corporate owner, Magna International Developments (MID), have also expressed opposition to the exchange betting portion of the bill. an internal memo sent to racetrack employees last week bullet-pointed several issues:
“– in England, exchange betting companies have moved off shore to compete, eliminating jobs in the UK;
– California racing could suffer a fatal blow if the integrity issues (rigged races) occur here that have taken place in England.
– no state has legalized exchange betting, California would be the first.”
In England and Australia exchange betting is offered by Betfair, a conglomerate that also owns TVG and already offers Internet betting at tracks around the United States. Critics claim Betfair would directly benefit if exchange betting becomes legal. Company officials deny those claims.
Breed said critics of the proposal fail to see the bigger picture.
“In this game you have to try new things,” Breed said. “You can’t do the same thing over and over expecting the outcome to change.”
Breed said that in order to survive California horse racing needs new fans who will be attracted to the sport with bets they understand. in turn those new fans will generate more money for tracks – which will in theory be better able to afford to top notch talent, Breed said.
If that was the case, Vienna said trainers would wholeheartedly support the plan.
But it comes down to the numbers. And that’s where the accounting comes in. as it stands, racetracks scrape between 15 and 20 percent off the top of all bets. Straight win, place, show bets fall at the lower end of the scale, while more money is taken from exotic bets like exactas, trifectas, and Pick 6s.
Exchange betting takes would be less – something like 5 percent for the track. That’s an enticement to betters – who would get higher returns on winning bets.
“Before coming up with this plan we asked, `where can we find something that will bring more people to the sport?’ Breed said. “We looked at the customers and saw that the great majority are retired with modest amounts of disposable income and now they are going to the Indians. We’ve been competing for sometime and losing. They are kicking our butts.”
If the proposal lacks anything its hard numbers, said Sherwood Chillingworth, with the Oak Tree Racing Association, which takes a very nuanced position in support of the plan.
“It’s very popular in England they’ve been punters for a longer time than we have,” Chillingworth said. “Putting aside the niceties of what’s right and wrong in the world we believe the proposal doesn’t produce enough revenue for the California tracks to be involved … its peanuts it makes no sense.”
While Chillingworth said he doesn’t believe exchange betting will ever be implemented by California tracks, Oak Tree supports the bill because it increases purses by increasing takeout.
Vienna believes the rising takeout rate will drive gamblers away from traditional bets into exchange bets.
“It’s the perfect storm for a disaster in horse racing,” he said.
So how did the controversy come to fruition?
In their talking points memo, MID officials said Perez and Betfair took advantage of a squabble over jockey health care and union employment at California tracks to implement the scheme.
“One week ago, labor raised the issue of jobs for (Service Employees International Union members) and $300,000 for jockeys’ health and welfare. Betfair seized the opportunity to place all issues in one bill $30 million for purses, jobs and dollars for labor to be fronted by Betfair and the introduction of exchange betting in California.”
Vienna said the appearance of a quid pro quo makes the plan that much more suspect.
“It’s a shady deal put together in the backrooms of Sacramento power brokers,” he said. “It doesn’t matter how much sugar you put in the poison. It’s still poison.”
Regardless of the concerns of critics, CHRB spokesman Mike Marten said the proposal enjoys “widespread support.”
It remains to be seen what will ultimately happen, but CHRB officials believe AB2414 may be their last hope.
There needs to be a change in the model,” Breed said. “It remains to be seem if exchange betting will in fact be a panacea or what California horse racing needs.”
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06 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: board chairman, disaster, executive vice, jaffe, pat quinn, regulators
Posted by David Kidwell and Ray Long at 3:23 p.m.; updated at 3:53 p.m.A controversial video poker bill state gambling regulators fear will allow the operators of illegal machines to stay in business throughout the state was approved 81-26 Wednesday in the Illinois House.
The measure, which expands on the General Assembly's legalization of video gambling in bars and restaurants last year, now goes to Gov. Pat Quinn for final approval.
The legislation seeks to define the Illinois Gaming Board's power to deny licenses. Gaming board Chairman Aaron Jaffe says the legislation would require a felony conviction on gambling charges before regulators could deny a license to operate video gambling machines in Illinois. He criticized the measure as a “disaster” for gambling enforcement in Illinois.
But supporters said the legislation would allow a variety of ways to deny a person a license, ranging from a gambling-related conviction to having a shady past.
The provision was quietly amended to a bill without opposition in the Senate earlier this month, but has stirred quite a debate since gambling regulators were made aware of it.“My main concern with this bill is that it is midnight legislation adopted just a short time before the end of the session,” said Art Bilek, executive vice president of the Chicago Crime Commission. “It it is such a good thing for the people of this state, then why did it have to be done in such a surreptitious manner.”The bill is designed to rein in a new gaming board rule that would have required applicants to attest under oath that they had never operated the machines before they were legalized.it was shepherded by some well-connected lobbyists for the Illinois Coin Machine Operators Association, including Joseph Berrios, a longtime ally of House Speaker Michael Madigan and Madigan’s choice to become the next Cook County assessor.Berrios, who also is the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party, has been spending time campaigning for assessor and lobbying for the bill. His campaign issued a statement praising the legislature for its favorable vote."I'm pleased that I could help get this bill passed during such a difficult fiscal time," Berrios said in an e-mail from his campaign. "however, as I have noted since last fall, once I become assessor I will resign as a lobbyist and my sole priority will be serving the people of Cook County with fairness and efficiency." Berrios and other supporters of the measure have argued that Jaffe’s rule is too broad and vague to be applied in an even-handed way. they say the gaming board retains authority to deny video gambling licenses for wide range of reasons.
"At a time when the state is struggling for revenue, this measure will bring in $250 million to $500 million a year for use in state capital projects like roads and school construction," Berrios said. “It's a win-win for the state. Our unemployment rate is at an all-time high and our schools are crumbling. this new revenue will help in so many ways."
In addition to what critics call an “amnesty” provision for all those operators who have been illegally paying off on the video machines, the bill also extends to truck stops and VFW posts the right to operate the machines. last year’s law only allowed bars and restaurants to operate the video poker games.
Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, told colleagues on the House floor the Gaming Board already has “broad and substantial powers” to deny a license to anyone found by the board to have a criminal record, bad reputation or activities that would pose a threat to the public. At the center of the debate is that the Gaming Board created a rule that determined any establishment caught operating illegal games after Dec. 16 would be unable to get licensed, Lang said. But he argued that the board “curiously” added a provision that said anyone operating illegal games before Dec. 16 “may” be unable to be licensed, a standard that was too vague.Thousands of potential applicants “have a right to know the rules and regulations and laws and statutes … don’t say ‘may,’” Lang said. “They have a right to know … what will be investigated and what won’t be investigated.”Lang also advanced a follow-up proposal that would allow a restaurant to have video games in its own establishment if it, for example, rents space to an off-track betting parlor. The restaurant and OTB parlor would be prohibited from sharing proceeds from the video gambling. Anti-gambling activist Anita Bedell told the House Executive Committee that the move represented a further “foot in the door” to a broader expansion of gambling throughout Illinois. The panel voted 10-1, sending the legislation to the full House.
Clout St: Lawmakers approve controversial video gambling bill
06 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: casinos, government officials, indian tribe, indian tribes, morongo indians, poker sites
When you think of land based casinos and Indian run casinos in the US you don’t associate them with backing legalizing online poker but a California based Indian tribe the Morongo Indians are doing just that! Fighting for the legalization of online poker in their State, the Morongo Indians have joined in with 21 other tribes to claim executive rights to online poker within the State of California. As many know, there are some supporters of casinos online being legalized in the US.
The catch to their support of online poker is a big one, they back online poker becoming legal in California but not by federal laws, they are against any federal legalization that would make online gambling legal across the US.
Government Officials are no longer gunning to make online poker legal in their State but the Indian tribes are fighting to give players the right to play poker online so they can hold the exclusive rights to offer such poker sites to the residents of California. the Morongo Indian tribes as well as other tribes do not want the government legalizing online gaming across the United States, which would make it necessary for them to compete against other licensed gaming sites for California’s online gamblers; they want that crowd all to themselves. However, the forecast for online gaming looks up in the United States with congress getting closer to passing a bill legalizing online gambling countrywide.
Online poker even though still considered illegal in the US, is still a huge market with millions of players playing daily. the laws in the US as of right now do not ban online gambling itself, but bans the financial transactions in the banking sector. many US residents do not understand the difference between illegal banking transactions and playing poker online, but in the coming months the outlook for this misunderstanding with government laws will soon be over and online poker, casinos and bingo sites will be allowed to get licensed and regulated in the USA. So for now, the USA online casinos will have to wait and see.
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Indian Tribe in California Fighting for Online Poker Gambling
05 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: consumer protection, off shore
This is an article published by Off Shore Gaming Association:
Mainstream media seems to have gotten into the Internet gambling arena with reports abounding about the ‘victory’ for Barney Frank, et al. in Wednesday’s advancement of H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. There has been extensive press on the passage of this bill out of the House Financial Services Committee with headlines that blare “Online Gambling could Become Legal” and “House Panel Passes Measure to Legalize Some Internet Gambling”.
Whoa there! this bill is far from passing anything except for a committee vote. though this is a serious step in the right direction towards legalizing and regulating online gambling, this small victory is like a win in April for a MLB team. There are still many games to be played and many battles to be won for H.R. 2267. There will be many hurdles and many more hearings before H.R. 2267 becomes anything more than ‘Barney Frank’s gambling bill’.
The biggest thing that shows the road ahead is long and winding was from the vote on Wednesday was when Frank mentioned, when questioned, that he would like to position his bill alongside a bill that outlines what taxes and revenues his Internet gambling bill may generate. Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said that he would not be moving H.R. 2267 forward unless it is “married to a revenue bill”! Frank is referring to Rep. Jim McDermott’s Interenet gambling ‘Internet gambling tax’ bill, H.R. 2268. However, while Frank’s billl has significant support with 70 co-sponsors, McDermott’s revenue-generating legislation has only 5 co-sponsors and has not seen any movement since it was introuced alongside Frank’s bill last year.
Most likely H.R. 2268 will head down the same path as H.R. 2267 with a series of hearings, followed by a vote. But, this will not happen until after the Congressional recess, which lasts until Labor Day. By September candidates up for re-election will be busy trying to keep their jobs and will most likely have little time or enthusiasm for any forms of gambling. the really unfortunate news is that if nothing is done with this bill before the end of 2010, Internet gambling will be shelved and a new Congress will have to take up the issue all over again – from square one.
But the biggest problem I see with Barney Frank’s bill moving forward is that even if the bill does get a full House vote and passes, it will then have to go to the Senate, where Sen. Menendez from New Jersey has his own ideas on Internet gambling. He introduced S.1597, the Internet Poker and Game of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act of 2009, in August of ’09 and his bill has fallen flat, with no co-sponsors and no movement. It figures that Frank’s bill and Menedez’ bill would have to find some common ground before the Senate would vote. the chances of all of this happening in the last 4 months of 2010 are an extreme long shot, not even worthy of a $1 wager.
Still, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, introduced by Frank back in may of 2009 has made significant headway towards becoming law. the fact that seven Republicans saw the light and said ‘aye’ with bipartisan spirit, is a fantastic step. That the bill passed through committee overwhelmingly with a 41-22 Yes vote is outstanding. After getting shot down in a tie vote around this time last year, the two-thirds margin shows that lobbyists and common sense and maybe a bit of greed for government coffers are beginning to take hold.
We will keep our eyes and ears to the ground on this piece of legislation but I doubt that we will see much from H.R. 2267 again this year. However, I am very confident that Barney Frank will introduce similar legislation in 2011. Hopefully, Franks 2011 version of the ‘Internet gambling bill’ will include the amendments added this week. Such a bill would get immediate bi-partisan support and whiz through the phases of bureaucracy that took H.R 2267 fifteen months to navigate. one thing is for sure, the issue of Internet gambling is here to stay. for 2010? the recent press and attention that Internet gambling is getting could not have come at a better time. After all, football season is right around the corner.
Is Internet Gambling Really Legal in the United States
05 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: bankruptcy court, bidders, harness racing, horse farm
HARRISBURG — a $425 million racetrack-casino in Lawrence County is still in the race, but now it has two major hurdles to clear or the state Harness Racing Commission may put it out of its misery.
On Friday the panel, with only Chairman Roy Wilt voting, imposed two deadlines that must be met before the proposed track for standardbred horses can be built west of New Castle, on Route 422 near the Ohio line.
If there’s more than one bidder, an auction will be overseen by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, because Centaur has filed for bankruptcy protection from its creditors.
If no bidders come forward, the racing license “shall be automatically and immediately terminated, revoked and surrendered to the commission,” the panel said.
If at least one new bidder steps forward, a second deadline — Dec. 31 — comes into play. That is when the winning bidder, after being approved by the bankruptcy court, must file its own racing license application with the Harness Commission so the panel can do a background check on the bidder.
Lawrence County Commissioner Dan Vogler and an Adams County standardbred horse farm owner were pleased with Friday’s actions. Mr. Vogler said the project was vital to his county because of the 1,000 or so jobs that a track and casino would create.
Jim Simpson, president of Hanover Shoe Farms Inc., a major breeder of the kind of horses used in harness races, called the decision “a good outcome. the project is still alive and it’s back in the running. I’m sure there will be some bidders, or at least one. That’s all that’s required. I want another harness track, so there are more opportunities to race.”
But two Democratic state legislators from Westmoreland and Cambria counties weren’t happy. Sen. John Wozniak of Johnstown and Rep. John Pallone of New Kensington advocated yanking Valley View Downs’ license immediately, so a new developer with resources can be found and the proposed racetrack/casino can be moved to another part of the state.
Mr. Wozniak said it was important to get the new track and casino up and running as soon as possible to create new jobs and increase tax relief for homeowners. much of the slots tax revenue from casinos goes to reduce property taxes.
The harness panel’s decision “unfortunately, rewards a failed project and unnecessarily delays property tax relief and job-creation efforts,” Mr. Wozniak complained.
Mr. Pallone thinks the track/casino should be located at one of “several convenient locations” in the Alle-Kiski Valley.
“It appears the commission is rewarding Centaur for failure and bad behavior,” he said Friday. “… Giving this company another extension … only further delays the development of a harness racing track and the creation of jobs.”
Daryl Price, part of a group that has expressed interest in building a racetrack near Johnstown, attended Friday’s meeting but declined comment.
Centaur originally got the racing license in 2007 and was supposed to start live racing in Lawrence County this month. it had been seeking a two-year license extension, which it didn’t get, but it got more time.
If a winning bidder fails to meet the Dec. 31 deadline to apply for a license, Centaur’s existing license would be revoked and the commission would have to start from scratch on finding a racetrack developer, a process that could take several years.
If a winning bidder does apply for a license, the harness panel will thoroughly review its application, said commission lawyer Jorge Augusto. he wasn’t sure how long that would take or when racing might start.
If the commission grants the new developer a racing license, it would be “site specific” — the track must be built at the Valley View Downs site on Route 422 in Lawrence County. That is what pleased Mr. Vogler.
Having a racing license is seen as especially valuable because it enables the holder to apply for a gambling license to the state Gaming Control Board so the track can add a casino with slots and table games.
Pennsylvania has six racetrack/casinos, three with harness racing, including the Meadows in Washington County, and three with thoroughbred racing. the Lawrence County project would be the seventh and final racetrack/casino.
The Harness Commission is supposed to have three members, but one seat is vacant. one of the two current members, Richard Welch, disqualified himself from Friday’s vote, to avoid any potential conflict of interest. His employer, Wells Fargo Bank, represents some of Centaur’s creditors.
Mr. Augusto said his research showed it was legal for only one board member to vote.
first published on September 4, 2010 at 12:00 am
Panel gives short leash to track-casino developer
05 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: respects, rowing news, single scull, usrowing, warranty
No Warranty for Backs
Sunday, 19 April 2009
The current USRowing masters training guide suggestion for March 16th is that rowers participate in “resistance training on the water. In the single scull, put bungees around hull. In the double, row …
Read more To the Masters Rowing Community
Sunday, 19 April 2009
Over the last several years Margot Zalkind and I have worked hard to serve all of the masters rowing community and, in many respects, I think we and the rest of the USRowing masters committee have don…
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Sunday, 19 April 2009
I found the story, inside Jobs (Digging Deep, Rowing News, Volume 16, Number 1), hard to agree with and unfair to junior team coaches. In this article, it was suggested that these coaches were solely …
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Sunday, 19 April 2009
I spend a lot of time thinking what we can do better as a nation to make this amazing sport more successful, more appealing, more popular, and continue its path of growth through the next eight years….
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04 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: bets, bookie, bookies, cards, casinoes, money
Why is it illegal to gamble through a bookie, as oppose to placing bets in casinoes. It is pretty much the same thing.
Same goes with cards. if your going to lose your money why not it be to a friend than some billionare in his office?
because the government can't get any taxes from your friends or your bookie
Why is gambling with your friends or with bookies illegal?
04 Sep 2010
by in online gaming Tags: casino market, chinese businessman, high rollers, james packer, joint venture
IT SEEMS James Packer's foray into China's gambling enclave could yet come up trumps for the Australian casino tycoon.
Macau – Asia’s answer to Las Vegas and the only Chinese territory where casinos are legal – saw revenue up 40 per cent to $2.2 billion in August at its six operating casinos.
And it swelled 63 per cent to $16.35 billion in the past eight months.
A rise in the number of high-stake tables and the return of high-rollers after visa constraints were lifted drove the higher result.
Crown’s two Macau casinos – Altiri and City of Dreams – are owned in a joint-venture, Melco Crown, with Chinese businessman Lawrence Ho.
Melco Crown had been fiercely criticised for struggling to match its US and regional competitors.
Analysts had raised concern Altiri and the flagship $3 billion City of Dreams resort could not maintain their 12.5 per cent market share in the expanding local market.
However, it was reported this week that Melco Crown had increased its market share to 19 per cent in the first half of August after sitting at 15 per cent in July.
Although the August revenue figures were strong, one analyst said the growth was partly driven by higher capacity in the Macau casino market.
"You’re not seeing all the operators go up by 40 per cent," he said.
"However, Macau is surpassing everyone’s expectations."
Austock’s Rohan Sundrane said Macau was the "shining light" of Mr Packer’s international casinos.
Mr Packer was stripped of his title as Australia’s richest man last year after his failed foray into the US casino market.
Mr Sundrane said Melco Crown could thank itself for its good performance.
"I think things have definitely improved over the past six months," he said.
"They’ve improved their marketing campaigns and they’ve reconfigured the set-up of their main gaming, so that’s improved the yield they’re getting from the floor.
"and the opening of the Grand Hyatt hotel at the City of Dreams late last year improved the gaming volumes at the casino."
Macau win for Packer
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