online gambling ban

wr3kt said:
However, the counterpoint is that people should be able to control themselves without having to rely on the government babysit everyone. If anything, this is taking away future options of anything related to online gambling and that's bad. Just because it's a "sin" doesn't mean if should be ridden of. I know that thenext bill to ban online pornography may fail, but it will probably get more votes if it doesn't actually pass. Once that passes, we'll see problems of more lobbyists trying to apply religious values to all political decisions.
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Gambling falls into industry regulation. You'd do well to notice that brick and mortar gambling is heavily inspected and liscensed, obviously with the advantage of huge tax revenue, but their devices are at least assured to work in the way they are meant to vis a vis most people dont even know where the houses in online gambling are located or even how they work. More or less the same reason the FDA regulates mediciene.

This is also a blatant move to try and get back at their base. Which is most definitely not going to work, after Roves little wet dream interview about illegal immigrants last night it would take a miracle (or some pro gun legislation) to recapture them. Currently no one hates Bush more than the Republican party.
 
Wrekt is getting some internet pussy. :lol:



edit: wear a rubber, dude.

edit 2: why are you on UF if you're in Vegas with what's-her-name? Liar.
 
Ok, few comments from me:

First of all, online gambling is not rigged, as far as has been researched. Several sites including PokerStars, Poker.com, PartyPoker and others have gone under independant scrutiny. In fact, those regulated in Canada (Poker.com and Absolute off the top of my head) are REQUIRED to be audited.

I have seen reports of hundreds of thousands of poker hands off a couple of different sites, and the probabilities work out exactly the same way as if you were dealing from a deck of cards in your living room. If poker was "rigged" as so many claim, then there would be holes. Nonetheless, I would love to see Stephen Levitt get his hands on this data.

As for non-poker games, why in the world would casinos bother rigging them? Any game played against the house is mathematically unwinnable anyway. There's no point in fixing the blackjack odds so that the house has a .5% edge instead of a .33% edge (the latter being most common).



There is a potential loophole in this law. It is worded to prevent organizations from accepting payment. However, no gambling sites are located in the US in the first place. Besides that, Neteller (the biggest payment portal, like PayPal for gambling) is located completely outside the US.

However, Neteller has banned Maryland, supposedly under pressure from the Canadian government (who was trying to appease Maryland). So who knows how that will pan out.
 
wr3kt said:
However, the counterpoint is that people should be able to control themselves without having to rely on the government babysit everyone.
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yaya; if people want to spend their money gambling, let them

Also, have fun in Vegas and have even more fun in dj. :cool:
 
Fat Burger said:
This is the reason the US wants to stop online gambling. They can't figure out how to make money off it, so why not shut it down?
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My backpack's got jets...

But it does fall under interstate commerce and you wont exactly see anyone having gambling 'freedom' high on their list of priorities.
 
Mr. HydroSqeegee sir, if you ever gambled online that would be the end for moi et toi. You're luck it was outlawed.
 
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