Re: So who\'s REALLY behind this anti-online gaming push?
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"You may be right, but I think there is a pretty good chance we will all be playing at Harrah's on-line in about 6 months."
As much as I wold love for this to be true, I think we are drawing dead on the possibility of this happening.
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Why's that??
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Well if you listened to the politicians' speeches in support of the bill ("that poor kid who robbed a bank to pay poker debts", "click a mouse, lose your house", etc.) this was obviously more "OMG What about the children!!!" than "What about all the lost tax revenue?"
I guess you oculd argue that the moral crusade was all B.S. and that the real motivation is money. I doubt it, but even if true it would be pretty difficult for politicians to justify U.S.-based online poker months after arguing how evil and dangerous it is to America's youth. If it happens at all it will be years, not months.
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