Re: Party blackjack is attracting some sick gamblers
Not to be a broken record...but BJ on the Party site still ticks me off -- and this information only makes it worse.
All the pushback about how online poker is different (i.e. game of skill, etc.) and should therefore be de-emphasized in governmental scrutiny of online gambling is going for naught.
The integration of gambling games where the house has an "interest" in the player losing with poker is not helpful at all for poker long-term.
Of course, it IS tremendously helpful for Party Poker short term. And given the bad press that resulted from the inevitable "we can't meet the absurd growth expectations we'd hinted at prior to our IPO" they need the revenue.
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