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Yahoo’s has launched a new “for cash” poker website on their UK & Ireland property. Users can play against others via a Flash interface, and are offered $1,000 in credit when they make their first deposit into the account. Registration is allowed from most countries, although the U.S. and Gibraltar, where online gambling are prohibited, are blocked (I tried). The service is provided through a partner, St Minver, but the game play occurs on the Yahoo site.
The introductory video says “Congratulations on choosing Yahoo Poker…use your skills and try your luck at winning the pot.” Players have maximum loss limits – they cannot withdraw more than GBP1000 from their bank account every ten days.
In 2004, Yahoo and Google announced that they were removing gambling advertising from their sites. This launch seems to contradict their position on Internet gambling.
This is an extremely controversial move, and one that Yahoo may not be equipped to handle. Yahoo does provide a “responsible gaming” tutorial, but the press will be quick to jump on any tales of woe from players who’ve lost a lot of money from the site. Broken marriages and lost homes will only make the stories juicer.
This reminds me of a story about a local man [local to me, that is] who won an online poker competition.
His prize was a seat at the world’s richest annual poker competition in Las Vegas.
He was abit worried about playing against people though, having only won online to make it into the competition. “They say these players can judge whether you have a good hand or not by watching the sweat glands in your hands. I think I’ll need a pair of gloves and some dark glasses!”
I wonder how he went on.
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