tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169281096117913024.post7327600316922930294..comments2024-03-27T04:14:38.477-05:00Comments on crAAKKer: PPA Provides Cheese for the Sh*t Sandwich at Online Poker HearingGrange95http://www.blogger.com/profile/01857460215043659894noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169281096117913024.post-54417844350487552372019-02-24T21:17:01.125-06:002019-02-24T21:17:01.125-06:00SBOBET JUDI BOLA ONLINE TARUHAN TENIS BASKET BUL...SBOBET <a href="https://www.bolavita.fun/" rel="nofollow"> JUDI BOLA ONLINE </a> TARUHAN TENIS BASKET BULUTANGKIS MOTO GP DAN MASIH BANYAK YANG LAINNYA !<br />HANYA DI WWW.BOLA VITA.FUN ~ <br /><br />Info Prediksi Togel Bola : <a href="https://netprediksi.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> NET PREDIKSI </a><br /><br />SEGERA DAFTARKAN DIRI ANDA SEKARANG JUGA!<br />ADD PIN BBM : BOLAVITA <br />WA : 0812-2222-995 !<br />WeChat : BOLAVITA<br />Line : cs_bolavita Serahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04918897251252664614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169281096117913024.post-86862974000078636552010-07-22T15:35:25.107-05:002010-07-22T15:35:25.107-05:00@ Memphis MOJO: The last time I posted about the ...@ Memphis MOJO: The last time I posted about the PPA "money bomb", I used a quote from <i>Dodgeball</i> to sum up my feelings about the PPA:<br /><br /><b>"Son, you're about as useful as a poopy-flavored lollipop!"</b><br /><br />http://craakker.blogspot.com/2010/06/ppa-its-money-bomb-are-duds.htmlGrange95https://www.blogger.com/profile/01857460215043659894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169281096117913024.post-63033681102594064382010-07-22T13:59:32.169-05:002010-07-22T13:59:32.169-05:00Time for the PPA to organize some "money bomb...<i>Time for the PPA to organize some "money bomb" fundraisers for key Democratic campaigns</i><br /><br />I may be a cynic, but I see no evidence that the PPA is capable of doing much of anything. I would love to support them, but I don't see the value.Memphis MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653631347560307425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169281096117913024.post-53151698278947839622010-07-22T10:52:04.686-05:002010-07-22T10:52:04.686-05:00@ Rakewell: Great point about the UB scandal. Hal...@ Rakewell: Great point about the UB scandal. Haley Hintze has done a good job of doggedly unwinding all the UB propaganda.<br /><br />I also found it interesting that Annie Duke essentially made the argument that poker should be legalized so that, if scandals like UB occurred, then companies could be forced to take corrective action. Ummm, I thought UB was the paragon of virtue and cleaned up its mess without anyone holding its feet to the fire?? That's just a really curious argument to make--<b>Stop us before we cheat our customers again!</b><br /><br />Anyway, here's from Duke's prepared remarks: <br /><br />"For me, the most critical component of regulation is player protections. As some of you know, I play at a site called Ultimate Bet. Under previous management, an associate of the website developed a breach in the software that allowed for players to be cheated out of a great deal of money. I agreed to continue to endorse the site only after I was sure that new management had addressed the problems, took voluntary steps to refund the cheated players and ensured tighter control over their site security. Nonetheless, an important benefit of regulation would be to ensure, through source code-based testing and outcome-based testing, that the games are fair and those players cannot be defrauded by the sites and that players cannot cheat others at the table. Further, under a U.S. regulated system players would have legal recourse should they feel they are harmed and regulators would be able to penalize licensed companies that breach the regulatory standards. Today, the best non-U.S. licensing regimes already do this, but, U.S. players deserve the protections and assurances of their own government."<br /><br />http://theppa.org/ppa/2010/07/21/hr-2267-annie-duke-testimony-072110/Grange95https://www.blogger.com/profile/01857460215043659894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169281096117913024.post-7001074024337360842010-07-22T03:17:03.117-05:002010-07-22T03:17:03.117-05:00Duke also insisted that the UB losses were $22, no...Duke also insisted that the UB losses were $22, not some larger figure. That is now clearly not true. As Haley Hintze writes: <br /><br />"In another light, however, one could also say that the whole $22 million in refunds was a giant, approximately-shaped band-aid slapped on the scandal in the hopes that it was enough to make the pressure go away. Not quite a sham, but not quite true, either. It's best described as a desperate measure employed to give all the shareholders -- on both sides -- at least the chance to move forward and continuing collecting revenue from players.<br /><br />The real story is this: Despite the enormity of the amount refunded, the individual refunds could not possibly be correct, in whole in or in part, and there is likely no affected player who ever received the exact refund that he should have received. Many players received nothing or not enough, while there must be others who received too much." <br /><br />The whole post is worth a read in order to understand why ANY claim about how much was lost due to cheating is bogus; the real number is literally unknowable. See here: http://haleyspokerblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/just-conjecturin-volume-17-real-story.html<br /><br />Anyway, either Annie Duke knows this and willfully misrepresented the situation under oath, or she is woefully misinformed about the company she represents. My guess is that she knows perfectly well, but is under orders to stick to the party line that it was $22 mil, and that it has all been repaid--both of which are false.Rakewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873391354585352712noreply@blogger.com