How the U.S. Is Getting Beat in Online Gambling

Time ^ | Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005 | PETER GUMBEL

[JTN]

And thus the US continues in a stupid policy that can only send the large online gaming companies overseas, while doing nothing to curtail actual online gambling in America. Rock on federal government!

[JTN]

Ping

[xrp]

same thing with anti-spam/anti-phishing legislation.

MY question is, these f***ers in Congress outlaw email spam but THEY DO NOTHING TO OUTLAW SNAIL MAIL SPAM. WHY?

[KoRn]

But......gambling OFFENDS some people!

/runs and hides

[SmithL]

Outsourcing vice?

[isthisnickcool]

Don't they know that like insurance gambling is haraam and not allowed under Islamic law?

[HangnJudge]

Gambling

An endeavor for idiots with poor math skills
In the long run,
The house always wins

[Politicalities]

Don't they know that like insurance gambling is haraam and not allowed under Islamic law?

Given that they're almost certainly Hindu, I doubt they give a crap.

[IronChefSakai]

Ever notice how "vices" are always acceptable as long as the government gets its cut of the profits? The college I go to used to be a dry town, until the state government put in a state store to sell liqueur even though there was no vote on it (and might i add, alot of people were p*ssed). I say who cares. The casinoes havent had a drop in revenue have they?

[Politicalities]

An endeavor for idiots with poor math skills In the long run, The house always wins

No, it's people who say things like this who are the idiots.

Ever gone to see a movie? OMG! Sucker! You lost ten bucks! What a fool! You must be really bad at math, huh?

Gambling is entertainment. Entertainment costs money. People who understand this have fun. People who don't call people who do idiots.

[JTN]

An endeavor for idiots with poor math skills In the long run, The house always wins

That depends on the type of gambling. There are some forms (poker, horse racing, sports betting) in which the house does not actually gamble, but instead takes a cut of the pot. A skillful gambler can come out ahead in these, and in fact many people support themselves this way - the best do it to the tune of millions of dollars a year. As for the rest, #11 is correct; it should be treated as entertainment. Of course, sadly, some people don't.

[HangnJudge]

I actually have no problem with gambling as entertainment
The equivalent to going to a football game / bowling / movie

My experience with some gamblers is however that
They engage in highly obsessive ideation
magical thought permeated with the illusion that the
next bet will be THE BIG ONE
Subsequently gambling resources they can't afford to lose

[spetznaz]

The names are Hindu.

[isthisnickcool]

Given that they're almost certainly Hindu, I doubt they give a crap

That was sarcasm on my part.....

[dfwgator]

and Anurag Dikshit, an Indian software whiz whom Bhargava met

Now there's a fun last name to go through life with.

[antaresequity]

The house always wins

Be the house...Sell shovels and picks to the miners...

Gambling isn't a thing. Its an expression and manifestation of human nature...it is an abstract.

Be the house...

[Cold Heat]

The names are Hindu.

and Anurag Dikshit, an Indian software whiz whom Bhargava met when both were students at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi.

Uhhh.......Yeah....Looks like they must be......:-0

[iowamark]

Not to mention his first name.

[Cobra64]

Why would gamble on line? I play poker with some of my 55 year old neighborhood buddies after a long week at work from the office.

None of us would ever do this over the internet. Besides, the cigars and brandy don't quite work so well over a DSL line. LOL