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volbeast33 said:
It wasn’t illegal….. our government was pissed about and kept trying to figure out ways to stop it….. I gambled like crazy in offshore sites and never had an issue with it.
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Me too. Didn't make it any less illegal. It was the wire act from the 60s that made it illegal. They just weren't going to go after tens of thoudands of players. Too many...too many small fish. Was never worth it, but then...

They eventually passed through a strict bill - UiGEA on the back of some DoD bill in 06. It was called something like "black Tuesday" in the poker world. The offshore sites all started shunning US players almost overnight. It made it illegal for banks to make transactions with gambling sites. And I had just quit my restaurant job in college a year before it to play full-time, so yeah fml. And thus bitcoin and crypto cropped up a couple years later and people started using them (one of the first mass uses of crypto, fun fact...so thanks to government for that innovation lol).
 
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Rivals Transfer Portal - Transfer Tracker: Wyoming WR chooses SEC

The transfer portal never stops grinding. A few days after taking an official visit to USC, and days before scheduled visits to Tennessee and Texas, Wyoming transfer wide receiver
Isaiah Neyor
decided there was no reason to delay his decision with a commitment to the Vols.

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Neyor had 12 touchdown receptions this season (gowyogo.com)
Recruiting: Neyor held offers from Stephen F. Austin and Incarnate Word before Wyoming offered in mid-December. A couple of days later he committed to the Cowboys.
At Wyoming: Neyor had a breakout 2021 season with 44 receptions for 878 yards and 12 touchdowns. He averaged 20.0 yards per reception this season and 21.7 yards during his two seasons with the Cowboys.
Farrell’s Take: Neyor is a big receiver who is a long strider and deep threat every time he steps on the field. He was outstanding this past season and has improved as a route runner but it’s his home run ability that everyone raves about. A Texas native, many felt he'd head back home but the fit at Tennessee was too much to pass up. He has the ability to be a
Cordarrelle Patterson
kind of talent in Knoxville. He is an absolute difference maker with that size.

Impact Meter: 9.0 out of 10


IMPACT METER
The Transfer Portal continues to change the way college football programs recruit and manage their rosters so we here at Rivals.com continue to evolve our coverage. Each time a player of note enters the portal, we will examine their potential impact on the college football landscape and assign an impact rating, both when they enter the portal and when they choose a destination. The scale is from 1-10 and the description below explains the scoring scale.
1.1-4.0 — Not a big impact expected, likely a non-starter and down the bench depth player.
4.1- 6.0 — A solid impact can be expected in the right scenario and has the potential to battle for a starting job.
6.1-9.0. — A high impact player who won’t change a program but will certainly be a very good contributor and starter.
9.1- 9.9 — A very high impact player who should start the moment he steps on the field and will change the outlook of a program immediately.
10 — A franchise transfer who has a chance to be an All American and one of the elite players in college football.
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Devo182 said:
Me too. Didn't make it any less illegal. It was the wire act from the 60s that made it illegal. They just weren't going to go after tens of thoudands of players. Too many...too many small fish. Was never worth it, but then...

They eventually passed through a strict bill - UiGEA on the back of some DoD bill in 06. It was called something like "black Tuesday" in the poker world. The offshore sites all started shunning US players almost overnight. It made it illegal for banks to make transactions with gambling sites. And I had just quit my restaurant job in college a year before it to play full-time, so yeah fml. And thus bitcoin and crypto cropped up a couple years later and people started using them (one of the first mass uses of crypto, fun fact...so thanks to government for that innovation lol).
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You are correct…. I just looked it up…. I gambled all the time as late as probably 2012-2013….. I was sent checks and he last year I won around 20,000…. The bank cashed all of my checks I was sent…. I haven’t gambled in years but did make a small for fun bet with an offshore account during last years Super Bowl….. I lost.
 
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I really don't think it's right to try to push GA over the top by giving them a second chance. If GA loses again tonight, do you think they will immediately change the rule (for one year only) to best-3-of-5 and give GA 3 more extra chances?
 
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OK, heading out. You guys let me know in a few days who won this boring game that was already played last week or so.
 
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volbeast33 said:
You are correct…. I just looked it up…. I gambled all the time as late as probably 2012-2013….. I was sent checks and he last year I won around 20,000…. The bank cashed all of my checks I was sent…. I haven’t gambled in years but did make a small for fun bet with an offshore account during last years Super Bowl….. I lost.
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That's awesome haha. Every FI was so different. I read so many accounts of banks not accepting even a $500 check without a backstory. Mine never asked a question, luckily. And then came electronic cash depositing, which I'm sure made it easier. I was already onto electronic currencies by then, but for poker the biggest issue was the player pool and sites dried up after 2006. It was awful. Just awful for the poker community. Those were good times though.

Do you ever think of getting back in with it all legal now and all the options? Especially with all the prop bets, there's some loose action out there where bookies aren't paying attention from what I've heard from my TN buddies. My one friend scours the major sites for "fatfinger" odds and finds them about once a week where a bet should've been +7 and ends up +70 for about 5 minutes until they realize it lol. Lots of low hanging fruit and bonues, etc just on top of +EV bets which you must already be good at finding.
 
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