Posted on 08/16/2009 5:36:48 AM PDT by T-Bird45
Edited on 08/16/2009 5:53:36 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
WASHINGTON
(Excerpt) Read more at newsok.com ...
Excellent article.
“It [Congress] also blocked online competitors from poaching gamblers from the nation’s most aggressive promoters of gambling — state governments.”
Great point, never thought about that.
Also, it protects Native American gambling interests.
” But never mind whether government should try to tightly circumscribe a ubiquitous human activity that generally harms nobody.”
....the widespread growth of gambling has hurt a lot of families...I see many low income people in the C-store buying Lotto tickets.
This was the type of stuff that caused the GOP to lose Congress.
You’d really have to be a fool to play poker on line for money. You can’t see your opponent, there is no way for you to know for sure what cards are being dealt and there is no way to know if the host computer is being run by your opponent.
“You’d really have to be a fool to play poker on line for money.”
....Yep....I think that’s the whole point of the on-line poker industry....it cranks out a predictable profit margin just like casino slots....the more people that play, the more money the house takes in....plus they don’t have all the overhead of running a bricks-and-mortar casino.
Scam after scam has been exposed. If Congress ever figures out they can gain power and funding for new regulatory agencies, then legal online poker will be a sure thing.
In 2006, Congress, cloaking cunning with moralizing, effectively outlawed Internet gamblingOh really.
Ping
Lotteries are not gambling, they are a tax on the middle(and lower) class. That’s why you find many, many paycheck-to-paycheck and minimum wage earners spending on tickets hoping to get “rich”. It used to be called the “numbers” game and was run by “honest” crooks and not by “dishonest” government stooges.
You’d really have to be a fool to play poker on line for money...etc...etc...
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Granted, but it still isn’t against the LAW to be stupid or a fool (NOT YET ANYWAY).
It should not be the Govts business how you blow your money.
I agree with you, so I don’t have any interest in the ‘game’. BUT if you want to do it, fine.
If one can’t do it there, they will find someone to bet with over where a fly will land or how far up the wall an ant will go...etc...
Like the ‘state controlled lotteries’...I do not play them till they are above 125Mill, then when it hits I figure that I am saving $5 every couple of days till it gets back up there again.....
Not bad for a person who used to bet on where a fly would land on the wall etc....<: <: <:
...Yep....that's exactly who I see waiting in line to get tickets....they'll have written lists of numbers they want to play for the noon Pick Three...Lotto revenue was supposed to lower our school taxes but it hasn't....meanwhile the Lotto Commission has built a big new HQ and staffed up with lots of jobs....it's a whole bureaucracy unto itself.
This fool just cashed a check for $1000 from one of those on-line Poker sites.
ML/NJ
They have always played the numbers racket!
Government just took over a criminal enterprise.
Oh, so you're ahead overall $1000 from playing online poker?
I'm one of those fools. I've been playing on-line for 6 years, and have made thousands of dollars. I've never had a problem. Games are on the level(at least at the sites I play), and I've always gotten my money when I asked for it. I made a lot more money before the Goberment ruined things with this stupid law, but still make enough now to keep playing. This law and the way it was snuck through congress is why I'm no longer in the GOP. Now the only hassle is having to go through foreign banks for my money,and wait 15 days for the checks to clear in the US. Before this law was snuck past us, my money would go straight back to my checking account. Oh well, so much for the freedom of an individual to play a 10$ poker game in the comfort of his own home. I'm so glad goberment was looking out for us on this one. Time for the my Sunday 10:15 AM poker tourney.
So has the use of alcohol, tobacco, etc. It's this challenging struggle called "freedom", and I for one think that's it's ludicrous to make online poker illegal...
Are you from the IRS?
A bit more actually. My account has a bit more than the original stake I deposited.
ML/NJ
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