Casino Gambling Web Representatives Headed to Washington!

[blutarski]

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More importantly I believe it is very UN-godly to hijack religion to promote personal causes, causes that are not in anyway considered a sin in ANY Bible I have or have read.


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Did you proof read this letter? This paragraph doesn't make much sense.

I think we're better served writing letters that express our opinion, but don't antagonize. FOF will say "oh, look at the ungodly heathens we have to endure" when they read negative letters.

Plus, it's a chance to take the high road with a bunch of people whose anger and intolerance who can't help but be negative.

[TheEngineer]

Another article, at http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/gamblin....g_46668.html

Gambling Site Sending Reps to Washington to Lobby for Internet Gambling

Casino Gambling Web is sending workers to Washington D.C. to lobby on behalf of the American people who wish to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

The representatives, who wish to remain anonymous, will be armed with a packet of papers that will include all the information a politician will need in order to create an informed opinion about the pesky Internet gambling issue. A packet will be hand delivered to every congressman and every senator office in Washington D.C.

The packet of papers will feature a personal note from American citizens, attached to a number of other papers which will include all the testimony of the Financial Services Committee hearing on the topic. Information on the WTO situation the US is in now will also be included.

The company has said they will not represent a biased view of the situation. "We will not leave out the anti-Internet gambling information from our packet of papers," Gordon Price, Casino Gambling Web's owner, said.

"It is important that the congressmen see the other point of view so they can see how silly it is," Mr. Price said.

Much of the anti-Internet gambling sentiment stems from the idea that banning online gaming will protect underage and problem gamblers, however, since the ban was put it into place it has been easier for underage and problem gamblers to play.

"The reality is that if we really want to protect the vulnerable potential gamblers in America, then regulating the industry is the answer," Price said.

He was alluding to the fact that if regulation was implemented than problem gamblers would be able to block themselves, or be blocked from, gambling online. As well underage gamblers could be easily prevented from participating in the activity. With no regulation the illegal companies that are still promoting to US citizens do not care if a gambler has a problem or is underage and there is basically nothing that can be done to stop corrupt companies from stealing money from Americans.

"Of course, the real issue here is that Americans expect to live free, and they are being prevented from doing so. That is why in our packet of papers we will be presenting the petition that proves Americans hate this new situation," Price said.

Also in the packet of papers will be information on the Poker Player Alliance and how they have currently over 500,000 voluntary members who wish to see the law repealed.

[Richas]

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LOL. 15 million. 5% of the U.S. population!! I guess they don't mind lying to make a point.

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They do provide a source:

http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/ngisc/reports/4.pdf

The 15m at risk seems to be based on a telephone survey of 2417 supplemented by interviewing 530 people in gambling establishments to "increase the sample size of potential problem gamblers".

The "problem" level they have set is 2 from ten of the DSM-IV questions, the weakest three of which are "gambles to escape" which translates to me as gambles because you enjoy it. "Lies to family members re the extent" which translates as telling granny that you are fine and whether at any point in your lifetime you have increased the level of stake to achieve the "desired" excitement which to me means saving up for a big tournament.

If you applied these criteria to golf players or sports fans what result would you get? Yes Yes yes. Other surveys listed set the "problem" level of loss at $100 in a day.

To put it into some perspective the paper does include other lifetime problems:

Alcohol 23.5%, Drug dependence 11.9% and Gambing at 5.4%

PS this research is 1997 which makes it an odd choice for analysing online gambling.

[TheEngineer]

It's an interesting study. I actually read through it last night, after my post. I intended to simply find 15 million number but, due to the "Reefer Madness" tone of the report, found myself reading the whole thing. While I concede there are certainly some problem gamblers, to say the overstatement of the problem due to the flawed methodology of the study would be an understatement.

[Skallagrim]

Silver lining: we must be doing something good if FOF is that riled up.

Skallagrim

[TheEngineer]

True. Seems we're the ones on the offensive now. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[eddytom]

Casino Gambling Web responded to Chad Hills' attack on the new lobbying being done by the site.

http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/gamblin...oups_46698.html

And supposedly they have been fighting with the guy in the past.

http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/gamblin...ling_45983.html

Those are two articles currently on the homepage of the Casino Gambling Web site.

[meleader2]

Good luck getting Bachus to read that GOD he's dumb. Honestly, how does he run uncontested?

[PBJaxx]

signed

[TheEngineer]

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Good luck getting Bachus to read that GOD he's dumb. Honestly, how does he run uncontested?

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Fortunately, he doesn't represent the majority of Americans. Our job is to let the OTHER congressmen know that we care and we vote.

We may have a long way to go, but we sure are making progress. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]