Government now allows me to wager up to $10,000 online, using their poker lottery

#1 20th August 2009, 5:20 PM

http://www.theprovince.com/news/Mich...917/story.html

I like this quote:

"They [B.C. Lotteries] are competing against sites that are offshore and that are not well regulated," Coleman said yesterday.

"I felt that if there were more people in British Columbia that were making the choice to go offshore into unregulated markets that it would be better for them if they were actually in a regulated market."

or this,

"But don't expect to beat the government's new online poker game. Not even famous Canadian pro Daniel Negreanu, with four World Series of Poker bracelets on his wrist, could beat this B.C. Lotteries money-sucker.

That's because it's not real poker. The cards are not dealt at random, and no amount of poker skill will help you win.

"It's a lottery game with a poker theme," explained B.C. Lotteries spokeswoman Susan Dolinski. "The outcome is predetermined at the outset of each game."

Which is why I laughed out loud when Coleman said yesterday that online gamblers would be better off at the government's Internet site than at one of those sleazy offshore sites such as Party Poker.

B.C. Lotteries will "make sure that they're getting the right odds and the right opportunity with regards to e-gaming," Coleman said.

Not when the outcome of a poker hand is "predetermined," minister. The government's new online poker game is strictly for suckers. Which is obviously why they raised the betting limits, right?

Wrong, insists B.C. Lotteries. "This helps players make responsible choices, so they can set their own limit and play within it," Dolinski said."

#2 20th August 2009, 5:56 PM

Wow west coast canada, way to fail.

#3 20th August 2009, 7:00 PM

Oh, cluelessness....

#4 20th August 2009, 7:57 PM

[x] Fail!

#5 20th August 2009, 8:00 PM

Oh lord. Words escape me...

#6 20th August 2009, 8:03 PM

hahaha this is gold.

#7 21st August 2009, 5:52 AM

Yeh!!!!! This is much better than putting it all on RED. Where do I sign up?

#8 21st August 2009, 6:19 AM

Yes I read this in today's newspaper too. How ridiculous is that. WOW.. come on.. gimmee a break. Do peeps actually deposit on there? I feel sorry for them if they do. They're promoting gambling but are against a game of skill. I don't even know why they call that site 'poker'.

#9 21st August 2009, 8:53 PM

so is it basically the same as playing a scratch card?

#10 21st August 2009, 9:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ted80

so is it basically the same as playing a scratch card?

yeh, only you get "two cards", can't bet (other than to double your bet before any other cards are "dealt", like blackjack), and then watch an animated dealer "deal" the community cards. Then you have to beat three other "players" hands to win the pot.

Looks like poker, plays like a lottery ticket. At least from what I've seen of it in bars and pubs. I haven't tried it.

#11 23rd August 2009, 1:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NineLions

.............

....... Which is obviously why they raised the betting limits, right?

Wrong, insists B.C. Lotteries. "This helps players make responsible choices, so they can set their own limit and play within it," ....

ha ha haaaa...... make responsible choices and play within your limit........too funny

most lotterys are set up so that a max of 50% of the take is paid out....and 10k limit ???? awful lot to be spending on the lottery

yay for responsible choices

#12 23rd August 2009, 2:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NineLions

yeh, only you get "two cards", can't bet (other than to double your bet before any other cards are "dealt", like blackjack), and then watch an animated dealer "deal" the community cards. Then you have to beat three other "players" hands to win the pot.

Looks like poker, plays like a lottery ticket. At least from what I've seen of it in bars and pubs. I haven't tried it.

lottery here in RI had a similar game.....also have a nascar type of thing where you pick one of 8 "cars" and watch em go around the track

think it's pari-mutual type of thing.....any poss winnings amount is based on how many statewide won the same hand or race

an occasional $1 for a Powerball ticket is as far as my lottery spending goes

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