Posted on 02/15/2010 4:57:58 PM PST by fanfan
>>Sounds more like the Las Vegas/Atlantic City lobby did not want online gambling.<<
As I said upthread, I think the opportunity was there and they grabbed it (to do just what you say).
I thought that with the banning of online poker.....That really banned the offshore sites. And that American Indian casinos could set up online poker operations if they wanted. I know of none
All poker sites operate on a cash-only basis. The funds you deposit are the funds you can put at risk. There is no “line of credit” that I’ve ever heard of.
If some guy tried to use the “online poker is illegal in my state” dodge, then he stole money or borrowed it (legally or otherwise) and used online poker as an excuse to get out of having to pay it back. He didn’t get any loans from an online poker site. Nope.
As for the “scripted hands” thing ... oh, please. I’ve heard “IT’S RIGGED!!” so many times now that I just tune it out. I’ve won some freaky weird hands and I’ve lost just as many. If you think it’s rigged, then stay the hell away.
The cheating meme follows the same logic as a casino trying to cheat: Why risk ruining your good reputation (or state gaming commission license) if you’re already making a nice percentage? Absolute Poker got caught in a scandal a few years back and they’re still suffering for it. It ain’t worth it.
Legal or not, rigged or not, it’s still purely my decision to play or not. Show me where the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate moral behavior and I might listen to your argument. But I doubt it.
Freedom means leaving people the hell alone.
The way I remember this, horse racing was included in the prohibition and the horse-racing lobby was able to get an exemption at the last minute. It wasn’t conceived for the horse-racing industry, they were lucky to escape at the last minute.
This bill was passed because GOP legislators were throwing a sop to the religious elements.
But it was dumb because the party was looking at a tough election and with this bill negatively targeted the party’s most reliable voting bloc, adult white men with money.
Who bets online? Mostly adult white men with money.
Fedgov is big enough without this nanny state crap. It just puts more salary, pension and health care obligations on the backs of productive citizens.
>>This bill was passed because GOP legislators were throwing a sop to the religious elements.
But it was dumb because the party was looking at a tough election and with this bill negatively targeted the party’s most reliable voting bloc, adult white men with money.
Who bets online? Mostly adult white men with money.<<
It is all coming back to me — thanks.
I think the picture being painted by the folks that remember the special interests getting in the way of liberty is accurate...
“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” — C. S. Lewis
>>“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” — C. S. Lewis<<
Wow — too long for a tagline, but a perfect sentiment.
There is still subscription poker sites that still operate fully under the laws.
Regulate it and tax it. The feds could make billions. The time is now.
LOL, what about the NWO?
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