CharityWatch VS Poker Now

Someone just invited me to give to a charity, so I thought I'd share the reminder to you, fellow rich non-tithing-payers, haha. https://charitywatch.org appears to be very thorough, sincere, and experienced since 1992. Source: over 1 year ago

It isn't baseless. Go look them up on charitywatch.org. You my friend are the one being lazy. Source: almost 2 years ago

Just keep in mind that many charitable groups are not that well-run, or even scammy themselves. There are good resources at places like givewell.org, and charitywatch.org, to get ratings on how effectively various charities use the money they raise. Source: about 2 years ago

That isn't true. You need to learn how to do accurate research in terms of non-profits. You can look all of this information up on charitynavigator.org or charitywatch.org. You should absolutely know how your donations are being used and be confident in your donations, but you should not get your information from internet memes and then continue to spread blatantly inaccurate information. Source: about 2 years ago

Charitywatch.org issued a report in 2019 that doesn't look too bad. Unless the org is blatantly lying about pulling salaries from the companies tax records, then the CEO made less than 7 figures. Some people might feel that is excessive and that people should run massive non-profits out of the goodness of their hearts, but I personally see no issue with using a high salary to attract the best person for the job. I... Source: over 2 years ago

My friends and I are currently under 18, (16-17) and play poker. We play virtually in private lobbies (pokernow.club). Although I host it and keep track of debt and credit, I do not take a cut from any of the games and the games are played socially. Although we play with small stake cash games, (10c/20c, $5 buy ins) over the past few weeks we have wagered well over 6k. Is this legal to host or play in the state of... Source: 8 months ago

It usually isn't illegal to host a friendly poker game in your house, as long as you don't take a rake out of the pot for profit. You can do the same online using a site like pokernow.club. It sets up a game with fake money chips, and any sort of monetary exchange could theoretically happen between you and your fellow players. Source: 11 months ago

I would like to propose that we, the good people of r/ poker, organize a home game. Poker is fun, but rake takes a huge amount off the table. There exist services, like https://pokernow.club/ that allow you to play poker for free. Source: 12 months ago

Pokernow.club and collect payments individually. No rake. Source: about 1 year ago

The exception I can think of is pokernow.club which is only for fun anyway, you can't bet money there. At least it actually has a clean interface. Source: over 1 year ago