Effective Altruism Funds VS Poker Now

The "manor" example is one of the few points I've seen brought up in response, but it's far from clear-cut, as the forum posts linked above explain. Feel free to draw your own conclusions from them. I'm not convinced it was the best use of $15 million, but I also don't think that buying a medium-price-range conference center was an obviously bad idea, and the money came from private donors (not the standard EA... Source: about 1 year ago

Sure! None of the ways of donating that I know about (directly to the charities themselves, EA funds, others here) have a minimum amount or anything like that. Source: over 1 year ago

It’s easy to look for excuses not to give but donations can make a big difference, especially if targeted in the right places. See comments further down about Givewell and Effective Altruism. https://funds.effectivealtruism.org. Source: over 1 year ago

I give through Effective Altruism: https://funds.effectivealtruism.org. Source: over 1 year ago

Good news: If you want to support global health and development but not animal welfare, you can just donate to the Global Health and Development Fund! None of the money will go to anti-factory farming charities. Even better, you don't even need to go through EA: You could donate directly to charities recommended by GiveWell so you know exactly who's getting your money. Source: over 1 year 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