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11-26-2013, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Abilene Texas
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TEXAS { I can't play}
Hello, I'm from Texas, I was a player with Twin Spires for many years. Texas came up with a new court ruling - because of this ruling Twin Spires cancelled my account. Does anyone no of a off shore or race book account I could set up? I'm looking for one that is reliable and doesn't have bad reviews. Is any one familiar with, Wager7.EU
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11-26-2013, 07:00 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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Originally Posted by gncotton
Hello, I'm from Texas, I was a player with Twin Spires for many years. Texas came up with a new court ruling - because of this ruling Twin Spires cancelled my account. Does anyone no of a off shore or race book account I could set up? I'm looking for one that is reliable and doesn't have bad reviews. Is any one familiar with, Wager7.EU
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how do they prevent you from doing this? when you register you use a TX address?
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11-26-2013, 07:44 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Abilene Texas
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I's all about this new court ruling Texas came up with, saying if you live in Texas you can not wager ONLINE in the U.S. Twin Spires says there fighting it but its not going to happen, there fighting the state.
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11-26-2013, 08:44 PM
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Racing Form Detective
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lincoln, Ne but my heart is at Santa Anita
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Originally Posted by chadk66
how do they prevent you from doing this? when you register you use a TX address?
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Texas passed a law making it illegal for Texans to bet a horse race online. Twinspires challenged the law in court and lost.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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11-26-2013, 08:54 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Thanks for the info. One more good reason to NOT move back to Texas.
Rick Perry can kiss my Texpatriate suntanned SoCal ass.
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11-26-2013, 09:09 PM
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OTOH, maybe this is one thing that's not Huckleberry Perry's fault after all:
"The suit was filed last fall after the Texas Racing Commission began enforcing a state law that requires all wagering on horse races by Texas residents to be placed in person."
http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/stor...ing-bets-texas
Geezus. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Do they actually think they're going to 'force' people to come to the track instead of just blowing horse racing off altogether and doing something else?
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11-27-2013, 08:43 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 2,148
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Originally Posted by gncotton
Hello, I'm from Texas, I was a player with Twin Spires for many years. Texas came up with a new court ruling - because of this ruling Twin Spires cancelled my account. Does anyone no of a off shore or race book account I could set up? I'm looking for one that is reliable and doesn't have bad reviews. Is any one familiar with, Wager7.EU
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just go to the adw fourm all this is old news.
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11-27-2013, 11:11 AM
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Racing Form Detective
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lincoln, Ne but my heart is at Santa Anita
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Originally Posted by antigeekess
OTOH, maybe this is one thing that's not Huckleberry Perry's fault after all:
"The suit was filed last fall after the Texas Racing Commission began enforcing a state law that requires all wagering on horse races by Texas residents to be placed in person."
http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/stor...ing-bets-texas
Geezus . Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face. Do they actually think they're going to 'force' people to come to the track instead of just blowing horse racing off altogether and doing something else? |
It is the kind of logic that Texas is famous for. "Ma" Ferguson, where are you? Texas needs you.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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11-27-2013, 04:01 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Abilene Texas
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Robert, I agree with you 100 percent. I've played the horses for the last 14 years and I'm suppose to just drop one of the things I love. Its not going to happen.
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11-27-2013, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
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how do they know? track IP addresses? if so why not use a proxy server?
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11-28-2013, 05:14 AM
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Racing Form Detective
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Lincoln, Ne but my heart is at Santa Anita
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Originally Posted by chadk66
how do they know? track IP addresses? if so why not use a proxy server?
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Texas knows everything. There is hiding from the long arm of Texas law. 
Twinspires is not the villain here. They are expected to take all measures possible to prevent Texans from wagering on their site. They will be the prosecuted and they realize it. How desperate are you that you are willing to trick to somebody into breaking the law in order to get a bet down.
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Some day in the not too distant future, horse players will betting on computer generated races over the net. Race tracks will become casinos and shopping centers. And some crooner will be belting out "there used to be a race track here".
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11-28-2013, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Central New Jersey
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Originally Posted by chadk66
how do they know? track IP addresses? if so why not use a proxy server?
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They probably do track IP addresses.
FYI: I live in NJ and they just started online casino games wagering 2 days ago. Hurray for NJ. One of the requirements at BetFairCasino.com is:
"A wifi adapter must be installed and turned on at all times in order to be able to play on our site. Betfair Casino detects your location by locating nearby wifi hotspots in order to determine that you are located in New Jersey. In order to enable us to do this, you need a wifi adapter installed and switched on."
You also have to download their "location detection software" app.The location detection plugin is a piece of software downloaded within your browser which allows them to pinpoint your location using your wireless internet connection. It even says if you live on the borders, you may be denied service.
Maybe this was also a requirement in Texas?
Last edited by Longshot6977; 11-28-2013 at 09:36 AM.
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11-28-2013, 10:11 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: oakmont pa
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Originally Posted by gncotton
Hello, I'm from Texas, I was a player with Twin Spires for many years. Texas came up with a new court ruling - because of this ruling Twin Spires cancelled my account. Does anyone no of a off shore or race book account I could set up? I'm looking for one that is reliable and doesn't have bad reviews. Is any one familiar with, Wager7.EU
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heritage
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11-28-2013, 10:05 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Twinspires is suppose to appeal to the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. According the articles, they are optimistic about over turning the ruling.
I checked the upcoming docket for the 5th Circuit Court and the hearing for the appeal is not on the docket yet. I would guess that it would be Jan/Feb at the earliest before it is heard. Sure hope it gets reversed. Pretty ridiculous for the TRC to come up with this. It won't help the state of racing in Texas.
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11-28-2013, 10:54 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Dallas, TX
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Originally Posted by hogoffate
Twinspires is suppose to appeal to the federal 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. According the articles, they are optimistic about over turning the ruling.
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Texan here. Mind linking some of these articles where TS is optimistic please. Google is not being kind to me.
thx,
-Five
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