NPR Story: A Push to Legalize Online Gambling
 

A Push to Legalize Online Gambling

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Day to Day, November 15, 2007 · Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) is sponsoring a bill that would legalize Internet gambling, creating a government regulated online industry. Although supporters say it could generate up to $3 billion in tax revenues a year, the legislation faces tough opposition from a coalition of family and evangelical groups and professional sports leagues. Mike Pesca reports on Wednesday's hearing before the House Financial Services Committee.

Re: NPR Story: A Push to Legalize Online Gambling
 

Poker.. not legal?

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evangelical groups

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LOL religion

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Gambling is evil. Bingo night is Saturday.

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ALL HAIL JESUS

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Gambling is evil. Bingo night is Saturday.

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Man, you could imagine an online poker room run by the catholic church as a constant "charity" event? What juicy games those would be.

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Gambling is evil. Bingo night is Saturday.

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Man, you could imagine an online poker room run by the catholic church as a constant "charity" event? What juicy games those would be.

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there be so many people checking the nuts on the river and no bluffs

itd almost be as juicy as party even [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Bluffing is a sin.

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most online forums on the internet filled with people who consider themselves 'experts' on a certain subject whether it be computer related like video game forums or tech questions or otherwise tend to be filled with anti-religious self-righteous pufferies (and liberal but lets leave that alone).
this site seemed to be free of that non-sense and sticking to the topic seems like a nice idea.
A) im not religious
B) It is politics, not religion that is keeping poker illegal. As a poker player that saw the devastation the widespread use of damage that poker did to many families who could not afford the losses I find sympathy in their arguments.
Look, its not "illegal" we all know how to deposit still so whats the problem?? i don't get it.
wire the money in...
only people who should complain are those who used their parents credit cards and now can't.

As a sports enthusiast
 

I love sports as much as I love poker. I do not bet on sports the most I do is fantasy football. You LOL'D at evangical groups (very bold stance to take in the online community, almost as controversial as saying you don't like president bush) but you failed to read the OP's reference to profesional sports being against it. in europe, the spanish (or italian) entire soccer league had to be shut down due to the players gambling.
My point? look its an extremely complicated issue.... but don't be so naive as to think this legislation is going away any time soon. The head of the PPA D'mato is a known degenerate and one of my good friends was his political aide for many years and the stories I could tell you about this guy are endless.. and if I know, so do ppl in washington. the PPA is going nowhere fast. The U.S. government has a vested interest in monitoring gambling for a variety of reasons most notably proper taxation and previous control by organized crime.
anyways thats my 2 cents...
ps. the only reason im even writing to this thread is that instead of a good debate on the updated status of the OP it degenerated into the religious bashing that it did.

let the mockers come out to mock
and those with clear minds write it contrast/support

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the widespread use of damage that religion did to many families

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fyp

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evangelical groups

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LOL religion

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Why don't they quote or talk to the Bible Thumping Professional Poker players, like Jerry Yang, Daniel Negreanu, or Chip Reese to name a few. A whole lot of Christians don't see ANYTHING wrong with playing poker.

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Didnt know the crusades were evil.

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Look, its not "illegal" we all know how to deposit still so whats the problem?? i don't get it.
wire the money in...
only people who should complain are those who used their parents credit cards and now can't.

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The problem is all of the general public (read: fish) THINK it's illegal and even if they understand the legal aspects of it they still can't easily deposit money. It dries up the games. If only us forums nerds know how to deposit and most of us play at least decent, where does the profit come from?

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Look, its not "illegal" we all know how to deposit still so whats the problem?? i don't get it.
wire the money in...
only people who should complain are those who used their parents credit cards and now can't.

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The problem is all of the general public (read: fish) THINK it's illegal and even if they understand the legal aspects of it they still can't easily deposit money. It dries up the games. If only us forums nerds know how to deposit and most of us play at least decent, where does the profit come from?

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from people who think they play decent and have read some poker books but don't actually know how to think about the game

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yes but, not nearly as much as the general public would.

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in europe, the spanish (or italian) entire soccer league had to be shut down due to the players gambling.


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Are you talking about a couple of Italian teams being demoted for match fixing? That's not gambling buddy. And no league got shut down.

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Another NPR Story (with audio):

Poker Is Good for You, Professor Says

Poker
Dave Hogan

The Bryant Park Project, November 16, 2007 · Harvard law professor Charles R. Nesson, famed for defending Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case, has a new cause: making online poker legal.

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in europe, the spanish (or italian) entire soccer league had to be shut down due to the players gambling.


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Are you talking about a couple of Italian teams being demoted for match fixing? That's not gambling buddy. And no league got shut down.

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yes that might have been it im not sure but i knew it was a big scandal

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so you are referencing somehting you know nothing about, and are completely wrong.

to educate you:

1. no league was shut down
a. it was italy
2. players were not gambling
a. it was based upon the choosing of referees

that was still a huge scandal and the biggest team in Italy, Juventus (one of the most stacked teams in the world) got demoted. But that is a far far cry from a top three league being shut down for players gambling.