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Delaware explores online lottery ticket sales

admin — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:29 +0000

Delaware Lottery tickets could be coming to a computer near you. A ruling by the U.S. Justice Department has cleared the way for states to begin selling tickets over the Internet, and Delaware officials are already exploring the logistics and legal subtleties of such online sales.

Delaware isn’t discussing any specific offerings yet, but recognizes that it’s an effort that must be handled with care.

“There are certain sensitivities that we need to be aware of and cognizant of,” acting Delaware Lottery Director Vernon Kirk said Friday “Our retailers and such, we have to be able to include them in the process.” A too-hasty launch of an online system also could harm public perceptions if there are technical glitches, he noted.

“I think there’s a great potential here, and there’s an even more negative potential,” Kirk said. “You want to be right, right out of the gate, because if you’re wrong, it can have a really damaging impact.”

Qualify for WSOP via DupliatePoker.com (Legal in USA)

admin — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:32:22 +0000

In years past many online casinos and poker rooms held poker tournaments and send the winner to the World Series of Poker as the prize. After UIGEA was enacted, the online casino operators were forced to leave the US market, they took the ability for an average online poker player to win a trip to the WSOP with them.

One of the remaining online poker rooms legal for US residents is DuplicatePoker.com, which legally accepts US players and is able to accept payment via Visa or MasterCard. This year Duplicate Poker is giving away $14,000 WSOP Main Event VIP Package. On May 10th, DuplicatePoker.com will host it’s first-ever WSOP Main Event qualifier. Players will have a shot to win a complete $14,000 WSOP Main Event VIP Package It’s the richest, most customized offering around. The player who qualifies will •

Travel to Las Vegas in style
Be chauffeured around The Strip in a limo

Live like a high roller in a luxury suite
Get first-class show tickets and spending money to enjoy all that Las Vegas has to offer

Tournaments:

Qualifier: Saturday, May 10th, 8:05 ET. Buy in: $99+$9.

Daily satellites will run at: 6:35 pm and 7:35 pm EST

Buy in: $18+$1.8 Satellites will also run on S&G tab.

Daily freeroll satellites: a daily freeroll with one guaranteed seat to the finals (worth $108) for all players who made a deposit in the 24 hours between 6 and 6 every day can take part.

Games of Skill vs Games of Chance: Why Some Betting is Permited

admin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:19:35 +0000

In the eyes of the law, the subtle difference between a game of skill and a game of chance is the difference between allowed and disallowed gaming. Poker might not be a sport, but it can be claimed as a game of skill. A federal law adopted last year, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, prohibits banks and credit card companies from processing online gambling transactions. The statute makes no mention for games of skill.

There are two distinctions between game of skill and game of luck. First, who is the player betting against. If the player is betting against the house, it’s a game of chance, if the player is playing against other players than it’s a game of skill. Furthermore, if one can prove the game involves skill (math, statistics, strategy) in addition to pure chance and luck, than the game is not prohibited by the act and is allowed. A number of groups are currently lobbying to allow poker to be legally played on the internet by trying to classify it as a game of skill.

Others have modified the game to make it more skill based game. For example, DuplicatePoker.com a gaming site is offering duplicate poker, a flavor of the game that eliminate the “luck of the draw” element from poker. As a result, the elements of skill predominate in determining winners in Duplicate Poker games. Because Duplicate Poker is a game of skill it is legal in most U.S. jurisdictions and currently accepts US based players. Current states where skill-gaming is prohibited include: Arizona, Delaware, Iowa, Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Vermont, Connecticut, Florida, Montana, South Carolina and Illinois.

Unfortunately for sports fanatics, when one places a bet on a sporting event, one is betting against the house, thus placing it in the category of games of chance. Thus, as of the writing of this article, if you’d like to bet on basketball, soccer, football or hockey games, you are not permitted to do so over the internet in the United States.