Re: A Democrat in Congress, his position on Internet Gambling Prohibition
Online gambling is bad and it's just too much online with all credit card and other problems, and it's both bad and immoral. I agree there seems to be something wrong in it, but it really isn't when the thing has been analysed to details.
Online gambling should be banned? They think something like that in USA, and have been doing for years and one may figure things are going to happen, but I don't think they are all that stupid in USA as they used to be; these days people can think too.
Poker is not only gambling so can't be banned like chess can't be banned (it has been done too). Credit cards may not be accepted anymore, so they see a difference between online gambling and credit card use. Some age checks are there, but still somewhat a formality. Money going to the account it came from from that part. So improvements have happened, but it has not resulted as a ban of online gambling, as it shouldn't have.
Poker (gambling) is not bad, sports (gambling) is not bad. Casino games are bad, and they connect them these days to poker too, more so the blacjack, but that is again no reason to ban poker or sports or stuff like that (other acceptable bets as they are a part of the way of life while some blackjack isn't and one can never get the money back one loses with balckjack (not counting bonuses) but with poker one can get it back by improving one's play.
Therapy is needed for stupid gamblers, not banning the game just because of some sick people.
Some people losing money that they would not if they would know better, so they are actually cheated at poker? Well, that's just one more idiot. All the rest know well enough what they are risking.
I just could continue, but this subject under the "ban it" is just so stupid, people keep trying to ban online gambling. I suppose they will succeed at some point as it needs only one time for it, all 999 failures to ban it before that do not count.
Not that I really bother that much as an European, though it can be a bad example as people are stupid here too, just more open. I just keep seeing that "ban it" stupidity year after year. Ban not being the solution, there being many steps that can take effect before that, and that will be enough.
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