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If the US casinos were to open online tomorrow and have to compete fully with already established internationally based online casinos, the US casinos would be on a level playing field, and who wants that?

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MGM opens bellagio.com tomorrow, or Harrah's opens "WSOP.com" just for online poker, or Caesars opens "Luxor.com" -- and they're on a 'level playing field' with 888, PartyGaming and Mansion.com?

The existing sites would be dwarfed by the legitimate and known B&M sites, almost instantly.

Half of my buddies, who know I make money playing on line and have won satellites to varios B&M events -- many of them continue to believe Party et al 'juices' the flops, uses prop players and rigs the deck for them, etc. Think of the inherent advantage the legitimate gaming corporations would have if the state sponsored and regulated their online casinos and poker rooms. I'm surprised it's even up for debate -- if online gaming were legalized in the US, the B&M mega corps would instantly dominate the US market.