If they can do this they can also ban banks and credit card companies from authorizing payment to ANY internet company.
Personal reponsibility? Self discipline? Naw, we can't have any of THAT, now can we?
I play internet poker. I have for a couple of years now.
I haven't lost several grand, because I KNOW it's for intertainment, not for money making.
The odds live and the odds on the internet sites are not even CLOSE to being the same.
The internet sites odds are set for excitement, to let the beginner win with crummy hands, NOT to let professional card players win.
This is BS legislation.
If your friends have lost several grand internet gambling it's because THEY chose the stakes they play, not because the internet sites seduced them into it.
"If they can do this they can also ban banks and credit card companies from authorizing payment to ANY internet company."
Joe, you made an excellent point.
This has nothing to do with "protecting" anyone. The only one here who benefits is the gov. Gotta protect that tax-revenue, you know.
Are you saying the odds are worse or better live? Just curious as I'm not an online gambler.