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I'm not saying that he didn't deserve the money in the first place, he obviously earned that money, but if he gambles it all away he doesn't deserve to keep it.

I mean say I stand outside the bank and wait for people making withdrawals and then say "Wallet Inspector" and they hand over their wallets. Do they really need to be protected from their own stupidity? If a man gambles away his hard earned money then great, his life is in the shitter and being poor and stupid he is less likely to have a family which means he is less likely to have stupid children. Darwin in action.

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I'm not saying that he didn't deserve the money in the first place, he obviously earned that money, but if he gambles it all away he doesn't deserve to keep it.

I mean say I stand outside the bank and wait for people making withdrawals and then say "Wallet Inspector" and they hand over their wallets. Do they really need to be protected from their own stupidity? If a man gambles away his hard earned money then great, his life is in the shitter and being poor and stupid he is less likely to have a family which means he is less likely to have stupid children. Darwin in action.

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When did lack of money ever prevent stupid people from having children?

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So what's next? Limiting someones ability to trade stocks? It's not the governments job (or shouldn't be) to save me from myself. I could just as easily piss away my life savings on the stock market.

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Me, I wanna play on belugapoker.com... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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I never said limit anyones ability to gamble online. I just dont think it's good for the flood gates to open. Then again it seems to work well for britain so who knows. I was just pointing out that there are serious cons to a freeforall on internet gambling.

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Link to the 60 minutes Article and Video

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Update: While watching football today the ads for 60 minutes tonight have all said "If gambling online is illegal, then how come millions of Americans do it"

Damn CBS and their misinformation.

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Sure the sharks would feast but this would be very dangerous to our society and economy.

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I do understand potential negative consequences for society and economy, and they have logical and and defensible arguments (many of which I don't agree with fwiw). The thing about regulating human behavior is that it does not work all that well most of the time. Prohibition and the current "war on drugs" are fine examples. Online gambling will probably not ruin our society -- European countries are still doing okay last time I checked.

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I agree. In my province you can go into any corner store and bet on sports with pro line along with the lottery and it hasn't killed our economy or damaged society.