In the end Sonatine & Druff sum this up.
I was wrong. I missed and missed huge.
And yet this all appeals to my cynicism of government greatly.
Micon pays a small tax of $25k on years of hosting an unlicensed site. (Anyone wanna run the P/L on Micon's play? How much was this light regulation license, for instance?). His felony probably/hopefully gets reduced to a misdemeanor. Micon has to endure some period of probation - lol, maybe unsupervised? God bless
Meanwhile, its Bitcoin poker as usual. Carry on. My interest in poker just expired. I can't even work up the energy to play our freerolls anymore. However, I feel compelled to ship a Bitcoin to SWCPoker just for the civil disobedience and figurative middle finger to NVG.
Licensing and light regulation? How's that working out for you Druff? Think of this as a test case. Nevada is a state that licenses online poker. What have you learned big guy? Go ahead and look up synonyms for "variance". This might help with your response. You really don't understand what happened, do you?
Micon's case is a great civics lesson for those who rely on government and the judicial system and not education & intelligence. Be a smart consumer and educated citizen. Else let someone else do it - someone who has their own interests ahead of yours.
I have not googled a picture of Chesnoff & Schonfeld. I will not. I prefer to keep my image of Tony G. (Chesnoff) yelling, "feel the power!"
So congrats Micon for stuffing these idiots. Masterfully played. Chose the right legal team. Got some sun. Flew some drones. Paid a small tax and now back to doing what you love. Playing WSOP and hosting a bitcoin site. Once Micon is uncoupled from all this inconvenience the temptation to do the victory lap will be too great and we will be entertained.
Take your victory lap too, Limitles, and everyone else who bet "plea". Honestly, did anyone really see this clean a deal? Anyway, you do help keep the place alive Limitles. I was just playing the Micon game. Kinda sorry it's nearly over.