Re: Poker leads to bank robbery
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Hope the kid gets what he deserves. End of story.
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yeah, he definitely deserves some punishment for his actions.
I find some of the quotes from the article about online poker more interesting though.
"Now the 19-year-old son of a Baptist minister faces up to 20 years in prison on bank robbery charges, and his lawyer says the nationwide poker craze is partly to blame."
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"William N. Thompson, professor of public policy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, isn't among them. Thompson said the poker craze had arrived and Hogan was another of its victims. "It's everywhere and now it's even on the Internet, where there is almost no controls," Thompson said. "You can expect it to get worse, and you can expect to see more and more college students fall into it."
These type of stories are what make online poker seem to be a damage to society. And its even worse when it makes national news. Many politions see things like this and become aware of the negative, but they don't necessarily see the positives. They also see that they aren't making any taxes off the online poker companies.
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