Absolute Poker’s recent roll-out of a Java version of their online poker product attracted thousands of Mac owners to register with the site, according to Absolute Poker executives.
Called “Instant Play,” the Java version of Absolute Poker enables Mac-based poker players to log in and play real-money and play-money Texas Holdem cash games from any Mac with an internet connection. While not yet offering the full spectrum of games available on the download version for the Windows platform, this version of Texas Holdem opens the popular poker community to Mac users.
Absolute Poker executives launched the Java version after calls from Macintosh users for easy, accessible and immediate poker access. Absolute Poker is one of the first sites to offer Mac-friendly Texas Hold em Poker for players around the world. Plans are underway to expand the Mac-friendly poker software to include all the games and features made available on the downloadable version.
“We expected Instant Play to place Absolute Poker ahead of all competitors and we’re happy to say that we’re exceeding our expectations,” stated David Clainer, senior vice president for AbsolutePoker. “Mac users, travelers, and remote players are largely underserved in this market and we’ve taken the necessary steps to accommodate them.” Clainer notes that PC users away from their computers and unable to download the software can log into the Instant Play software as well using the same username, password and balance
Instant Play can be accessed through the Absolute Poker website: http://www.absolutepoker.com/no-download/
MacDailyNews Take: Note to developers everywhere: if you build it (and it’s quality) we will come.
Didn’t the Bush administration just pass new regs making online gambling really difficult to do?
Didn’t the Bush administration just pass new regs making online gambling really difficult to do?
More like illegal
US government doesn’t control, or govern offshore servers.
MW: Foreign. Eerie.
William Bennett won’t be pleased.
What the new law does is makes it illegal to pay for your gambling using US credit cards.
Visa, Amex, and American Express ALREADY offer cards based out of the US.
All this stupid law does is enrich the CC companies, and they don’t have to pay US taxes on their profits (since these are generated offshore).
Sad to say it was my senator Jon ‘I’m a total dumbass’ Kyl who spearheaded this idiotic law.
William Bennett is probably blowing a few hundred grand right now as we speak – damn hypocrite!
Yes, the dems and repubs. in Congress gave Bush a bill and he signed it.
Understand that states were HIGHLY pushing this bill to their congress-folk, as online gambling was sapping dollars from their own lottery games, local casino’s, etc..
This bill, however, does little to stop the gambling game, as it can do nothing outside of the US, so you simply are betting at off-shore sites.
Is off-shore gambling risky? First, gambling is risky (duh) but off-shore is no different, as the market will police itself. Find a bad paying site, you move on and they go out of business.
Ah, the free market at work, with we consumers in charge. Gotta love that, and it again shows how policy does not bend the free markets will.
BTW: I do not gamble, nor do I support it, as I find it a complete waste, is addictive to many and destroys lives, and does not deliver any redeeming values – I just buy AAPL stock, as it seems a bit more likely to win than letting it ride on Red 18!
I second the thought that gambling is stupid, especially when you can buy AAPL and thus have the game rigged in your favor. And if you hold your winnings for at least a year, the taxes are far less.
AAPL Buyem and Holdem:
yeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!
Fuck Absolute and their 2nd-class citizen Java BS. Full Tilt has a DEDICATED OS X CLIENT, go risk your money with them!
“Note to developers everywhere: if you build it (and it’s quality) we will come.”
Did I hear someone say DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS…
So Mac users are just as likely to throw away their hard-earned dosh like this!