Online Gambling Legalized this year?

#1 20th February 2011, 12:53 AM

An interesting story on Yahoo! You can read it here.

#2 20th February 2011, 4:35 AM

Nice story. Very encouraging that a member of the GOP is willing to do this. Its a long shot but its better than I expected from this congress. I hope the PPA jumps on this.

#3 20th February 2011, 5:56 AM

God bless the libertarians! Maybe this will be the silver lining to the recession.

#4 20th February 2011, 8:00 AM

It would be nice but i don't think it will happen this year.

#5 20th February 2011, 8:10 AM

On a side note. If you get entertainment out of reading the CC rigged thread, then check out the comments in this story. Very funny stuff there.

#6 20th February 2011, 8:56 PM

Guess the Alabama residents need to get this guy out:

Alabama Republican Spencer Bachus has been a key opponent, calling the legalization of Internet casinos a “gamble that simply is not worth taking” and alleging it would lead to addiction, bankruptcy, and crime.

#7 21st February 2011, 4:57 AM

From Seattle...I sure they get this thing passed

#8 21st February 2011, 9:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charade You Are

alleging it would lead to addiction, bankruptcy, and crime.

Home ownership has led to far more bankruptcy than poker has. I guess we should outlaw that as well? What is this country coming to?

As an experiment, we should try a whole year of "leave me alone" politics. We the people can do whatever we want (so long as we're not hurting others) and the government can't stop us and in turn we can't ask the government to bail us out for any bad choices we make. So we can gamble and purchase homes and eat happy meals, and if it doesn't work out, we face the consequences ourselves. Sounds good to me. The price of the government "protecting us from ourselves" is just too high. Just my $0.02 on the matter.

#9 21st February 2011, 5:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PurgatoryD

Home ownership has led to far more bankruptcy than poker has. I guess we should outlaw that as well? What is this country coming to?

As an experiment, we should try a whole year of "leave me alone" politics. We the people can do whatever we want (so long as we're not hurting others) and the government can't stop us and in turn we can't ask the government to bail us out for any bad choices we make. So we can gamble and purchase homes and eat happy meals, and if it doesn't work out, we face the consequences ourselves. Sounds good to me. The price of the government "protecting us from ourselves" is just too high. Just my $0.02 on the matter.

^^^
+100 I'm stealing that for facebook status.

#10 22nd February 2011, 3:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alaskabill

^^^
+100 I'm stealing that for facebook status.

LOL! I feel honored! It might sound "interesting" in a non-poker forum... gambling and buying homes and eating happy meals... WTF is he smoking?

#11 25th February 2011, 5:15 AM

Two words "if only" it sure as hell would make my day....
take care

#12 25th February 2011, 6:15 AM

I know some of the casino-operating Indian tribes out here in California where I am are pushing for it.

#13 25th February 2011, 7:56 AM

"A republican that wants to smoke dope, get laid, and play online poker"

#14 25th February 2011, 8:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panamajoe

"DEFINITION OF A LIBERTARIAN A republican that wants to smoke dope, get laid, and play online poker"

LOL! That's a good one!

Technically speaking, we want to preserve everyone's rights to do those things whether or not we actually want to do them ourselves. But that's just a minor technicality.

#15 25th February 2011, 8:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PurgatoryD

God bless the libertarians! Maybe this will be the silver lining to the recession.

Lol.
Would be nice that way we wouldn't have to worry as much about getting rejected when depositing and maybe a few more sites would allow Americans to play but I seriously doubt it.

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