if all the big online poker sites are cutting off the u.s. customers...

blueedwards

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...then why did i just see a party poker ad on espn?

 

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Their not cutting shit, their crying wolf.

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i/m sure pacific or someone will pick up US customers. but will they be able to handle the huge volumn. party poker has about 70000 on at peak times

 

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blue edwards said:

...then why did i just see a party poker ad on espn?

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it says that party poker is not a gambling site. :realtongu

 

blueedwards

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qazwsx said:

it says that party poker is not a gambling site. :realtongu

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partypoker.net is not a gambling site...partypoker.com however...

 

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most of these ads were paid for already. There will be more ads like this for at least a little while longer.

 

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Just got back from the state fair of texas.party poker has a booth giving away free t-shirts tojust sign your name date of birth and if you play poker online

 

blueedwards

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primetime21 said:

most of these ads were paid for already. There will be more ads like this for at least a little while longer.

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you're telling me they couldn't pull the ads if they wanted to? come on. happens all the time.

 

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I am playing Party Poker right now!

 

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those ads are PRE PAID... unless the media wants to give the money back the media is gonna run the ads

and the media don't give refunds

 

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blue edwards said:

partypoker.net is not a gambling site...partypoker.com however...

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Even if they're not actually taking "real money" accounts from the US it might be worth their while to keep up the "dot.net" charade and keep marketing. It would allow them to keep tabs on their US "customers" for quick conversion to paying accounts at some point in the future if they decide to re-enter the market. Besides, the mailing lists alone would be worth quite a bit....

 

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or else...

They can find some other way to monetize the huge traffic to their "dot.net" sites--Google ads or whatnot...

 

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blue edwards said:

you're telling me they couldn't pull the ads if they wanted to? come on. happens all the time.

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So youre saying that a company can pay for advertising time on TV and just pull it at anytime? i doubt it.

What you may see is a big company like walmart pulling advertising over some ethical issue and either eating the loss or working out a deal with the network.

Why would ESPN or any other TV network allow party poker to bail out last minute?