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More States Look to Legalize Online Gambling (NYT online article)

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  1. P33J P33J is offline

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    Jan 17th, 2012 (1/17/2012 8:46pm)

    "It has been more than four decades since states first began putting numbers runners out of business by starting their own legal lotteries, which now yield them about $18 billion a year. Now several states are thinking about trying to plug budget gaps by profiting again from the optimism of their residents — by legalizing, licensing and taxing Internet gambling."

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us...-gambling.html

    Nothing groundbreaking really revealed in this article, but I thought it provided a pretty good synopsis of where we are at in the move to legalize poker and other forms of gambling online.
     
  2. bonflizubi bonflizubi is offline

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    Jan 17th, 2012 (1/17/2012 8:53pm) in reply to P33J

    Good read. Thanks P33
     
  3. Adam Adam is offline Emperor

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    Jan 17th, 2012 (1/17/2012 11:55pm) in reply to bonflizubi

    Yep, this is the way the winds are blowing. They're vastly underestimating the industry though. With it being "legit," there will be a huge untapped market
     
  4. tru4yooh tru4yooh is offline

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    Jan 18th, 2012 (1/18/2012 4:02am) in reply to Adam

    I read this a bit earlier before I saw this post. I'm glad to see more news articles jump up on a more frequent basis. I believe that it's giving all of us in America hope for a nice legit online poker community again.
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    Jan 18th, 2012 (1/18/2012 4:22am) in reply to tru4yooh

    That article just pissed me off. Obv the owners of the casinos are in the pockets of those doing this study trying to make it look like it wouldn't be very beneficial. Wtf makes them think they have the slightest clue of how many people in the state would play if it were legal? And I absolutely hate hearing reps talk about "protecting consumers". Free enterprise provides that protection. In today's technological age, if people are getting cheated it will quickly be known and customers will flock to the competition. I don't mean there shouldn't be regulation, but don't pass up the opportunity on the basis of how difficult you think it would be to make it safe for consumers FFS.
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    Jan 18th, 2012 (1/18/2012 2:38pm) in reply to kasey_gcp

    The thing that bothers me the most about the the question of whether to legalize and regulate online poker and/or other casino games is that the worthiness of such legistlation is always vetted with respect to how much the state will benefit.

    Shouldn't it just be viewed as part of our personal liberties? Why does how much the government will or will not profit have to be the chief cosideration? Just goes to show that this really isn't government for the people.
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 1:20am) in reply to TheVillageGrinder

     
    Originally Posted by TheVillageGrinder View Post

    The thing that bothers me the most about the the question of whether to legalize and regulate online poker and/or other casino games is that the worthiness of such legistlation is always vetted with respect to how much the state will benefit.

    Shouldn't it just be viewed as part of our personal liberties? Why does how much the government will or will not profit have to be the chief cosideration? Just goes to show that this really isn't government for the people.

    I certainly wish that was the case, unfortunately we will just have to deal with it being because the states are broke and looking for ways to generate revenue either way hopefully they get this stuff worked out soon.
     
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    Jan 19th, 2012 (1/19/2012 2:38am) in reply to P33J

    Here's a link to an article from today about Iowa looking to legalize online poker. I met Senator Danielson in DC a few weeks back and he appears to have done his homework on this issue:

    http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/d...d-be-a-winner/
     
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