mg in ny

**1819** · 13th January 2007, 07:04 PM

any decent mg casinos for people in ny? dont like intertops, villento told me yes on live chat then no in email. maple still worked for me up until a few days ago. kinda in the cold here. lol.

**winbig** · 13th January 2007, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by 1819

any decent mg casinos for people in ny? dont like intertops, villento told me yes on live chat then no in email. maple still worked for me up until a few days ago. kinda in the cold here. lol.

With this new horse racing BS going on in NYS, I could hardly see anyone getting prosecuted for gambling online.

I look to see NY be dropped from the "11 states" soon.

**Simmo!** · 13th January 2007, 07:18 PM

I get the distinct impression MG casinos are not supposed to be entertaining players from NY/NJ and if they are, they definately would not want to make the fact public. Now would the players who play there for that matter

I agree with Winbig - i think NY will eventually get dropped from the ban list myself.

**winbig** · 13th January 2007, 07:19 PM

Forgot the reference link:

http://www.casinomeister.com/forums/...hypocrisy.html

PS: How can they even entertain the idea that the Wire Act applies to internet gambling, but yet not for cell phones?

**Rusty** · 13th January 2007, 08:56 PM

PS: How can they even entertain the idea that the Wire Act applies to internet gambling, but yet not for cell phones?

Thye did'nt think it through?

**jetset** · 14th January 2007, 06:46 AM

No - it's power, money and above all political influence (all inter-related!) which has given the U.S. horse racing industry some truly shocking "carve-outs" or exemptions from every attempt to introduce anti-Internet gambling in the USA for years.

They seem to be generous with campaign contributions, and the media dedicated to the horseracing sector frequently boasts of its lobbying power and success in year after year achieving exemptions from legislation proposed by people like Goodlatte, Leach and Kyl (and most recently and successfully Frist)

More recently the leadership of the (horseracing) industry has been open about its ambitions to get into Internet-based wagering bigtime with suggestions of a centralised giant website with widespread links.

Like state-run lotteries they seem to have carte blanche in America, and it's led to some interesting relationships with other anti-online gambling bodies.

I think these folks are only opposed to online gambling when they're not getting a big slice of the action.

It's disgusting from both a commercial and political perspective imo, but its just a fact of life.

**winbig** · 14th January 2007, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by jetset

No - it's power, money and above all political influence (all inter-related!) which has given the U.S. horse racing industry some truly shocking "carve-outs" or exemptions from every attempt to introduce anti-Internet gambling in the USA for years.

They seem to be generous with campaign contributions, and the media dedicated to the horseracing sector frequently boasts of its lobbying power and success in year after year achieving exemptions from legislation proposed by people like Goodlatte, Leach and Kyl (and most recently and successfully Frist)

More recently the leadership of the (horseracing) industry has been open about its ambitions to get into Internet-based wagering bigtime with suggestions of a centralised giant website with widespread links.

Like state-run lotteries they seem to have carte blanche in America, and it's led to some interesting relationships with other anti-online gambling bodies.

I think these folks are only opposed to online gambling when they're not getting a big slice of the action.

It's disgusting from both a commercial and political perspective imo, but its just a fact of life.

It would be interesting to see a study that compares problem gambling on the horses vs. gambling in the casinos - online and/or off.

**GrandMaster** · 14th January 2007, 02:20 PM

Originally Posted by winbig

Forgot the reference link:

http://www.casinomeister.com/forums/...hypocrisy.html

PS: How can they even entertain the idea that the Wire Act applies to internet gambling, but yet not for cell phones?

The Wire Act does not prohibit using telephones to gamble within a state.