WSOP winner arrested (not Jerry Yang, jesus wouldn't let that happen)

[Nairb]

It may be illegal here in TN but this is the first enforcement I have ever heard of actually happening. Hell there is a raked game in a town near where I live that advertises with fliers in convenience stores etc... I have played there WITH uniformed cops in some of their tourneys so yes it is selective enforcement. I would not be surprised if someone close to this game had enemies with a little power. This is just not the sort of thing that ever happens around here.

[BowToYourSensei]

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All those arrested were charged with gambling.

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how can you take this line seriously?

also, who the [censored] would report this kinda [censored]? someone calls the cops and tells them a poker game's going on? and a RAID ensues?!

[Kaka]

Yeah enforcement is rare. There was a local (Nashville) politician that got caught up in a bust last year. Ludye Wallace was a Metro councilman who seems to attract that kind of attention. Looks like he cut a deal, though.

http://www.nashvillepost.com/news?id=25673

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs....WS03/710110410

[POKEROMGLOL]

These cops are heroes and true defenders of our nation.

- 72% of problem gamblers reported an episode of depression.
- 52% report alcohol abuse.
- 50% of problem gamblers abuse their children.
- In areas that allow casino gambling judges are reporting that 1/3 of the divorce cases they see involve gambling as a reason the marriage is dissolving. In these same areas spousal abuse has risen over 300%.
- After Mississippi legalized casino gambling pawn shops became the fastest growing business in the state. People are pawning their possessions in order to gamble.
- Problem gamblers are 150 times more likely to attempt suicide.
- Secular treatment of problem gamblers has only an 8% success rate. This is one of the lowest rates of any addiction. The reason the success rate for treating a gambling problem is so difficult is because it is not a disease - it is a moral choice

Consider these facts:
1. Each day, 88 million dollars are spent on lotteries alone, more money than is spent on food.
2. Ten million Americans have a gambling addiction.
3. When legalized gambling enters a new area, there is a 100%-500% rise of compulsive gamblers. At least 2/3 of compulsive gamblers turn to crime to finance their addiction.
4. Gambling causes a wide range of social problems such as increases in divorces, child protection cases, crime rates, domestic violence and child abuse. For every $1.00 the state receives from gambling revenue, it costs that state at least $3.00 in increased services such as criminal-justice, and welfare.

[Micro Donk]

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damn when i saw tennessee i was sure it was gonna be moneymaker...

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randomly off topic:

im pretty sure moneymaker doesnt live in TN anymore...i think florida?

but i went to the wiki for confirmation, and i found this

Moneymaker can be heard Thursdays on Playboy Radio's Morning Show on Sirius Satellite Radio.[citation needed]

lol

[Micro Donk]

just found an article in our local newspaper about it

i like how they tried to make mckinney look bad, saying his hobbies included "moonshine, cigars, and young women"

also said he was arrested for aggravated gambling promotion

[mr.bum]

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These cops are heroes and true defenders of our nation.


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Defending our nation from its self does not= heroism...it = fascism.

[POKEROMGLOL]

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Defending our nation from its self does not= heroism...it = fascism.

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Step 1:

http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/

[Nat S. Ivey]

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Defending our nation from its self does not= heroism...it = fascism.

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Step 1:

http://www.gamblersanonymous.org/

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Step 2

[Nairb]

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These cops are heroes and true defenders of our nation.

- 72% of problem gamblers reported an episode of depression.
- 52% report alcohol abuse.
- 50% of problem gamblers abuse their children.
- In areas that allow casino gambling judges are reporting that 1/3 of the divorce cases they see involve gambling as a reason the marriage is dissolving. In these same areas spousal abuse has risen over 300%.
- After Mississippi legalized casino gambling pawn shops became the fastest growing business in the state. People are pawning their possessions in order to gamble.
- Problem gamblers are 150 times more likely to attempt suicide.
- Secular treatment of problem gamblers has only an 8% success rate. This is one of the lowest rates of any addiction. The reason the success rate for treating a gambling problem is so difficult is because it is not a disease - it is a moral choice

Consider these facts:
1. Each day, 88 million dollars are spent on lotteries alone, more money than is spent on food.
2. Ten million Americans have a gambling addiction.
3. When legalized gambling enters a new area, there is a 100%-500% rise of compulsive gamblers. At least 2/3 of compulsive gamblers turn to crime to finance their addiction.
4. Gambling causes a wide range of social problems such as increases in divorces, child protection cases, crime rates, domestic violence and child abuse. For every $1.00 the state receives from gambling revenue, it costs that state at least $3.00 in increased services such as criminal-justice, and welfare.

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100% CHANCE OF A BAN FROM THE MODS. This type of whimsical nonsense is what has kept the religious right powerful enough to influence things like the Senate to pass unconstitutional bills taking away my freedom in the middle of the night. So I can go spend my entire paycheck on lottery tickets and because it is hidden under the blanket of helping education yet firing up a $12 poker tournament from the privacy of my own home, or even having a friendly game with family and friends is seemingly illegal?

I for one do not need the esteemed members of law enforcement to tell me how I can spend a Saturday night with the money I earned, and paid the taxes that pay their salary with. I bet there is an operating meth lab within 5 miles of where this "aggravated gambling" offense occurred. But they got the real criminrl, right?

And if you thing poker needs to be looped into the same category with gambling such as craps, blackjack, and roulette you probably see no difference in possession of marijuana and manufacturing methamphetimine.

I hope this is a level but if not it is one of the most ignorant posts I have ever read on 2+2 and I feel dumber having read it.