As "sane" R's rush to kiss the ring of Adelson...

[Bo-4]

Little Lindsey scrambles to don the kneepads and introduce a bill against online gambling as repayment for sugar daddy's 15k campaign donation!

Repugnants.. busy busy BUSY!!

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/lindsey-graham-sheldon-adelson-internet-gambling-104825.html

 

[as seen on tv]

i happen to be against online gambling as well.

i'm NOT against gambling at casinos. the difference is . . .

• physical casinos are controlled by laws, which attempt to keep out underaged gamblers, problem gamblers, fraudsters who "game" the system, obviously drunk/drugged gamblers whose judgement is incapacitated.
• all of those social/behavioral controls are completely absent in an online gaming situation. plus, from what we know of other online systems, the possiblity that the "odds" or "system" are dishonest is significant. look at what happened with bitcoin - poof - just like that - almost everyone's money is gone.

online gaming is sure to increase human misery. where else can someone lose his life savings in a half hour, while tossing back vodka shots?

democrats don't trust the average joe to self-invest a fraction of his social security withholding, because they don't believe he's competent to do so? but they're perfectly willing to see him drain his bank account at the "angry birds casino" in an evening?

get real

 

[Bo-4]

i happen to be against online gambling as well.

i'm NOT against gambling at casinos. the difference is . . .

• physical casinos are controlled by laws, which attempt to keep out underaged gamblers, problem gamblers, fraudsters who "game" the system, obviously drunk/drugged gamblers whose judgement is incapacitated.
• all of those social/behavioral controls are completely absent in an online gaming situation. plus, from what we know of other online systems, the possiblity that the "odds" or "system" are dishonest is significant. look at what happened with bitcoin - poof - just like that - almost everyone's money is gone.

online gaming is sure to increase human misery. where else can someone lose his life savings in a half hour, while tossing back vodka shots?

democrats don't trust the average joe to self-invest a fraction of his social security withholding, because they don't believe he's competent to do so? but they're perfectly willing to see him drain his bank account at the "angry birds casino" in an evening?

get real

What malarkey.. the casinos ply you with free drinks to loosen you up while pumping pure oxygen to keep you awake. Pretending that they want you sober and gambling "responsibly" is beyond ridiculous as they force you to walk through the casino and a dozen bars just to check in to your room.

Problem gamblers can play the lottery, which is quite legal in many states. Do they monitor the number of Powerball tickets you buy, or offer decent odds?

Of course not.

Shelly makes 3.3 million dollars an hour 24/7/365, yet claims "this isn't about money" with a straight face.

I used to do sports gambling online through a well established casino in Canada until they cut off their US players. Their odds were the same as they are in Vegas, and when you requested a check.. boom, it was at your doorstep in less than a week.

Kiss the ring ASOT.. Kiss the ring.

 

[GordonGecko]

democrats don't trust the average joe to self-invest a fraction of his social security withholding, because they don't believe he's competent to do so? but they're perfectly willing to see him drain his bank account at the "angry birds casino" in an evening?

get real

So people don't GAMBLE...in physical casinos....just online casinos?

 

[NightSwimmer]

Have to admit, that particular shade of lipstick does make Lindsey look purttier.

 

[Bo-4]

So people don't GAMBLE...in physical casinos....just online casinos?

That was one of her loonier posts to date.

 

[NightSwimmer]

So people don't GAMBLE...in physical casinos....just online casinos?

Nor do they drink alcohol, or take those nasty communist drugs!

 

[fairsheet]

Adelson's a buffoon who flushed $100 Million down the toilet, in the last election cycle. Isn't it about time someone looked into how a moron like him was able to amass his fortune in the first place?

 

[Bo-4]

Adelson's a buffoon who flushed $100 Million down the toilet, in the last election cycle. Isn't it about time someone looked into how a moron like him was able to amass his fortune in the first place?

The latest estimate on what he flushed is closer to 150 million ... which is about 2 days worth of income.

I don't think he's a buffoon though. Had Romney won OR had he tilted the Senate, some estimated his return on investment would have been in the neighborhood of 100-1.