| This is a discussion on Wouldn't this be interesting? within the online poker forums, in the General Poker section; Just reading over threads on gambling legislation and it occurred to me that this question of "luck vs. skill" can be settled once and for ... |
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| Wouldn't this be interesting? Just reading over threads on gambling legislation and it occurred to me that this question of "luck vs. skill" can be settled once and for all with a tournament of all 435 members of the U.S. House and 100 Senators, each with a freeroll buy-in vs. 535 poker professionals each with a buy-in of $10,000 (just to make it fair). "Luckiest" group takes the money AND the issue! |
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| You have to understand that the law was not passed because of the "luck vs. skill" issue. That is total subterfuge. This bill was backed by US gambling interests that wanted to restrict competition. They gave lot's of money to select politicians under the guise of "moral values." |
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| Just get all the politicians (scum ) to play in a tourney between themselves - their egos alone would defeat the luck idea. Can you imagine a politician when asked 'was it luck or skill that won it for you' reply with anything apart from "skill obviously" |
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| yanno on second thought, this is a BAD idea. With our luck, Strom Thurmond would donk all the good players out early on in the tourney, and then have a heart attack. Then we'd have this huge chipstack sitter till the end of the tourney, or worse yet, he'd delegate play to one of his AIDES. |
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| re: Wouldn't this be interesting? poker Quote:
If your referring to casinos I don't really think that is the case. The major and even minor casino operators would love to get their hands into the online poker/gambling pie. Online poker has helped their business not hurt it. You may not see them leading the charge to legalize online gaming but as soon as it becomes legal they will jump in with deep pockets and take over. |
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I'm not sure, but I think that many are getting geared up to open sites when they can. |
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| Federal legislation is pending... H.R. 2046, Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act H.R. 2610, Skill Game Protection Act H.R. 2140, Internet Gambling Study Bill H.R. 2607, Internet Gambling Tax Act And on the heals of the WTO violation it is only a matter of time before the US starts supporting, and profiting from internet poker, imho |
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