The Nanny State strikes again!

  After not playing for some months I decided I felt like a few hands of low stakes poker. I go to enter a table and a box appears "not available in your region". A quick google search reveals that Nanny Malcom has decided Australian Adults are too childlike to be allowed to play online poker. WTF? Its the usual story that because some people may have a problem the rest of us are punished. This sort of crap should be beyond the control of governments. I can afford to risk $5 at a game that actually requires some skill over just dumb luck. I resent that our government insists on treating us like children.

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  • My calculations strongly indicate the present Govt and it’s politicians have no real idea what they’re doing. It’s eíther that or they don’t want gambling to become an issue for you P.M.

  • Yes snake/the accountant and fongy - very lonely to talk to yourself

    • So youve cracked the divinci code muppet,  now for you to figure out all my other accounts, this entire site is me talking to me you dope.

    • it is interesting what a forensic examination of this site could produce Muppet but I haven't figured out yet whilst you seem to be one person that you have two old muppets in your avatar.

      I could guarantee you that if Snakey had to put on the Monto hat as many times as Monto does then he would be very much in the "looney" bin by now!

    • Muppet, I think you may have confused some people with being who they’re not. It’s really not worth worrying about. Seriously there are far more important issues in life than wondering and worrying over who is who on a Rugby League site. We are all individual members who all contribute differently and that’s what is so great about this site.

  • Get a VPN and away you go, think they’re about $5 a month and you can play poker , download pirate movies (so I’ve heard ) and do whatever you like without anyone blocking you from anything  . But yeah ..... it’s fucked that because of a few people everyone suffers .  Maybe I’d it wasn’t rammed down everyone’s throats every time you turn sport on it wouidnt be on their radar . 

    • I thought about a vpn but I don't play much anymore, just pissed they are messing with our rights. Further reading suggests that the Salvation Army were a major source of pressure on getting the law amended.

    • "Because of a few people everyone suffers"Too true.I`m an old bloke who likes old B&W Movies and for years I`ve been able to find them via a Bittorrent app.Now my ISP has had to block my access to the so called Pirate sites and I thought I was out of business.Any spotty little schoolboy can freely look at porn yet I can`t download a movie from the 30`s or 40`s.You`ve got to be kidding!Anyway,thanks to a VPN I`m now able to circumvent the Oz restrictions and find Mitchum,Cagney,Edward G and co whenever I want.So stuff the Nanny State.For now.

    • For a free VPN download the internet search engine OPERA it has in built VPN for free.
      Just remember not use it for banking as my bank has flagged my account a few times cause my online banking is being accessed via different countries .
  • Snake = Carlo

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