NETeller disables card and peer to peer transfers for Americans
The sad Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act fall-out for American online gamblers continued this week with Americans attempting to withdraw their funds from the Isle of Man regulated Neteller e-processor, and that company seemingly stymied by US actions that prevent it from paying out US players.
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- Harrah’s Announces ‘Peer to Peer’ Remote Gaming Systems for Casino Properties
- B4Playing Announces Advanced Communication with Online Casino & Poker Players
- Progressive Gaming Receives Gaming Laboratory International
- PGIC plans new poker game
- Progressive Gaming International and Harrah’s Team Up to Offer New Server-Based Game: The World Series of Poker
- WSOP Online Gaming of a Sort
- Online Poker Becomes Live Poker
- New Neteller Debit Card Released for Europe/Asia
- The Final Table, Part Five: The Crystal Ball of 2006
- Angry Neteller customers join forces in Neteller Customer Coalition
- Neteller case rescheduled for May 16, 2007
Poker terminology:
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- CARDS SPEAK - Winner(s) of the hand are determined by turning their cards face up, the best hand(s) wins (no declaration).
- BET - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
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