[dynamitewoman]

quote from dominique:
From what I see in this industry the UIGEA has given raise to a band of cutthroat processors, and the casinos/bingos/pokers have no choice but to pay up. Processors can charge whatever they like nowadays.
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If you want a product or service, regardless of what it is, you will pay. Unless a person has a real psychological dependency on gambling online, it is a WANT, not a need.
With the price of gasoline, we have to decide whether we need it or want it, and in what quantity. What is truly necessary for survival or what compliments our comfort may be an appropriate method of making a valid decision.
With the status of online gaming, the window of opportunity is open for site owners, processors, involved participants to extract whatever the traffic will bear. No regulation means a freewheeling form of extortion disguised as "fee for entertainment services", unabated and unmonitored. If you are willing to pay the price....accept it and enjoy the entertainment you pay for. If not, dont feed the moneymongers, dont advocate their right to gouge you and dont accept their inherent claim of omnipotent power.
What's fair is fair, but many sites do not share in that concept. If a site has to pay outrageous costs for money transfers and they want to pass that overhead on to clients to increase their profit margin, that may be a reasonable business decision in the name of revenue. It may be 40.00 this week and 80.00 next week...how much are you willing to pay to be entertained. Seems to me it is less costly to put 25.00 in your tank and go to a land structure where there are no elaborate rules, no playthrough, regulations are in place and you might even get a free drink.