Re: So who\'s REALLY behind this anti-online gaming push?
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Many of these politicians (and their conservative constituents) simply see online gambling (including poker) as much more insidious than B&M casinos, especially to children. As much as I'd like to look for other reasons behind this legislation, I think the most obvious reason - to stop online gambling - is the most likely one.
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I think that this is the easiest way for the politicians to justify it to their constituents. But compared to other socially-conservative issues like abortion and gay marriage, online gambling doesn't get people nearly as riled up. The real forces behind the UIGEA are economic, as people in this thread have been saying. The morality argument is just a way of justifying the UIGEA to this country's utterly insane Christian base.
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