Would You Still Fight For Online Gaming If Poker Was Exempted?

[xxThe_Lebowskixx]

you guys suck.

[Jurrr]

I'm not in the U.S., but that would actually be the preferred situation in my view to have the EV- games banned and skill games like poker allowed.

[coloradoslim]

As a poker player i would be against it.
The polical winds in the United States seem to blow back and forth as we are painfully aware. If we are ever able to get poker back in the country in a more acceptable way, having online casino gambling available would only make it more vulnerable again if our freinds in the fof camp find the political situation more favorable to there misguided cause.
Is that selfish? i dont think so. Pragmatic at best, but I truely believe poker is a skill game. To be lumped into the same group as slot jockeys in the public eye just doesnt serve our interest.

[erac22]

I'm undecided. On the one hand, casino gambling brings a lot of donks into the poker room who wouldn't normally be there. This is why the sportsbook/casino sites traditionally have softer games than the pure poker sites. However, there's also the other side of the story that casino and sports gambling take money from the fish and ship it to the site operators rather than the sharkies. My continued efforts would depend on which effect was larger. I would certainly never oppose legalized casino/sports gambling online.

[75s]

I would care, but not put much effort forth. I think people should spend their money however they feel (provided they aren't infringing on individual rights).

[smittymatt]

I strongly feel that all forms of gambling should be legalized, but poker would be the only one I would actively fight for. I would certainly sign any petition etc. to legalize other gambling, but I wouldn't go as far as calling represenatives like I have in the past for poker.

[Victor]

why the [censored] would you fight for casino and sports to be legal? realize that, if gambers only outlet is poker, then there will be a ton more dead money in the poker world.

[BGnight]

If poker is exempt then I don't really care. I would still like to have an online sportsbook account, but w/e. I really think online blackjack and roulette are pretty evil things and could care less if they are banned. Games against the house are more easily abused than poker imo, and it's more dead money for us grinders as the previous poster stated [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img].

Then again there is the civil rights issue, so if people are stupid enough to blow their rent splitting K's, let em.