Brazilian Block Party

Another off topic post!

In many suburban US neighborhoods once a year the families in the neighborhood shut down the streets and throw a party where the kids play in the streets while the adults feast on good food and have some drinks, usually ending the night with fireworks. In Brazil it is very similar; they shut down the streets, the kids play while the parents enjoy good food, drinks and MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE and WEED!

Warning, this video could be disturbing to some:


According to sources this video is of the PCC Gang, one of the largest terrorist/criminal organizations in Brazil. The tape was found in a police blitz on one of the PCC Gang headquarters.

Here is some more info on the PCC gang:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primeiro_Comando_da_Capital

NETeller withdraws from more markets

NETeller has officially pulled out of the Canadian and Turkish markets and they will no longer provide service to online gambling merchants in these territories. The canadian government did not provide any serious action whatsoever but NETeller still decided to pull the plug on dealing with online gambling merchants. This was announced yesterday and it is effective immediately. This is another big hit to the online gambling market and more importantly to the online poker world. It will be interesting to see what happens with this latest news hitting the online gambling industry and it is the first action taken to Canadian residents. Is this the beginning of the end we will soon find out?

Making Money at Home TV Ads

I keep seeing ads on TV telling me to go to some weird URL like 27hbb.com or 16income.com. It got me to thinking, why use such a weird URL that’s so difficult to remember? I did some research on the company and FIGURED out what they are doing! Essentially they send the user to the same site BUT they use these messed up domain names to track how the ad campaign performs in each city…different domain for each city. I did a reverse look up and found over 1000 domains similar to the ones above. Here is a short list:

www.101hbb.com	www.15work.com	www.28income.com	www.47hbb.com
www.105hbb.com	www.166hbb.com	www.28venture.co	www.48future.com
www.107hbb.com	www.16hbb.com	www.29future.com	www.49future.com
www.10work.com	www.16income.com	www.29gain.com	www.49hbb.com
www.110hbb.com	www.16thewahi.com	www.29venture.com	www.50future.com
www.112hbb.com	www.16work.com	www.30income.com	www.50hbb.com
www.114hbb.com	www.17future.com	www.30venture.com	www.53future.com
www.119hbb.com	www.17gain.com	www.31future.com	www.57hbb.com
www.11work.com	www.17work.com	www.32hbb.com	www.5hbb.com
www.121hbb.com	www.18future.com	www.32venture.com	www.60hbb.com
www.125hbb.com	www.18hbb.com	www.33hbb.com	www.65hbb.com
www.128hbb.com	www.18work.com	www.33venture.com	www.65venture.com
www.130hbb.com	www.18worknow.com	www.35future.com	www.66future.com
www.132hbb.com	www.199hbb.com	www.35hbb.com	www.67hbb.com
www.135hbb.com	www.19hbb.com	www.36hbb.com	www.6earnmore.com
www.136hbb.com	www.19work.com	www.38hbb.com	www.6myfuture.com
www.138hbb.com	www.1gain.com	www.39hbb.com	www.77future.com
www.13hbb.com	www.204hbb.com	www.3hbb.com	www.82income.com
www.13thewahi.com	www.20hbb.com	www.3income.com	www.83income.com
www.14income.com	www.20money.com	www.40future.com	www.8career.com
www.14work.com	www.23income.com	www.43hbb.com	www.8careers.com
www.15future.com	www.26gain.com	www.44hbb.com	www.8income.com
www.15gain.com	www.27future.com	www.45hbb.com	www.8yourfuture.com
www.15hbb.com	www.27hbb.com	www.46future.com	www.93future.com
www.15thewahi.com	www.28hbb.com	www.46hbb.com	www.9money.com

For a company to register so many domains and on top of that run these ads on TV, there must be some good money in this type of thing. Instead of buying their product people should just run similar ads!

Senator Alfonse D'Amato joins forces with the PPA

The former senator of New York has takin the leap to join the Poker Players Alliance and he will be the chairman and spokesperson and try and take aim at fighting the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. This is a great man to have lead the charge as he has never backed down from a fight and he is definitely passionate about this fight. Senator Al is already making his voice heard and with a few more outbursts like this one who knows how deep this will go. Here is a quote from Senator Al:

Is betting on horseracing any different than playing poker? Why is there a horseracing exemption and a lottery exemption but nothing for poker? Horseracing has a powerful lobbying group. That’s all. They have a voice. Poker needs a voice and a loud one.

The poker players alliance is happy to have Senator Al lead the charge and he is presumably the voice that this organization has longed for and needed. He has arrived and it is time for him to make a stand in this ongoing fight.

Senator Al has been to Washington to check out the scene as far as the government is concerned and he has also been to London to further educate himself on the UK online regulation. Senator Al also had this to say:

I am pleased and privileged to be spokesperson for the PPA. The new legislation is like using a cannon to kill a gnat. Just like Prohibition, trying to tell 20-plus million poker players that they can’t play poker online, is not going to work.

Senator Al is the voice that Poker Player's have been waiting for and we will see if he can make any advancements to this crazy situation. Stay tuned for more updates.