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Internet gambling - legalize it?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by DaDakota, Jul 18, 2006.

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Should we allow internet gambling?

  1. Yes - it is already happening anyway, and is legal in most other developed countries

    30 vote(s)
    93.8%

  2. No - It is illegal in the US, and therefore our citizens should not be allowed to partake

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    6.3%
  1. DaDakota

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    An internet CEO of a major UK sports book is arrested in the USA

    So the US is starting to crack down on internet gambling, arresting foreign nationals for allowing people in the USA to connect to their site.

    How paranoid and hypocritical is this? We allow casinos at Indian reservations and in Nevada and New Jersey, but by gosh, don't play online poker or place a sports wager.

    I am curious what the majority of people here think, should we allow internet gambling or not?

    And as always your opinions are appreciated.

    DD
     
    #1 DaDakota, Jul 18, 2006
  2. bnb

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    Unregulated gambling?

    As we say here....what could possibly go wrong?
     
    #2 bnb, Jul 18, 2006
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    It's not legal as of now?
     
    #3 crimson_rocket, Jul 18, 2006
  4. DaDakota

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    Nope, and American Casinos do not want the competition. All the Party Pokers, All star Pokers, Paradise Pokers, and Poker Stars sites are technically illegal to play on in the USA.

    However, in the rest of the world it is not a problem.

    DD
     
    #4 DaDakota, Jul 18, 2006
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    Of Course

    Prostitution, Gambling, various drugs. . .etc
    No victim no crime


    Rocket River
     
    #5 Rocket River, Jul 18, 2006
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    There shouldn't even be a debate about this. I play online poker almost everyday, and it's just so stupid that our government is trying to interfere with this. It's just so stupid. I don't even know what to say, I can't even express how pointless I think them trying to stop online gambling is.
     
    #6 rockets-#1, Jul 18, 2006
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