Poker leads to bank robbery

[young nut]

Just saw this on the Today show. Apparently this seemingly good kid ran up 5k in online poker debt and he had to pay it back somehow right? heh. Interesting story, not sure if it has been posted yet.

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[EStreet20]

Hope the kid gets what he deserves. End of story.

[young nut]

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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.

[uncleshady]

He will deserve more punishment if he blows the lid off non-taxed income...

[jaxUp]

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if he's lucky he can get an internet connection at some point

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nice

[Losing all]

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"Now the 19-year-old son of a Baptist minister faces up to 20 years in prison

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Daddy never told him there'd be SIIHP like this.

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And what does he deserve? Jail time, definitely. Ass-whooping, probably, slap across the back of the head, sure. But, don't you think the gang rapes he's going to be subjected to are a bit too much?

[iceman5]

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And what does he deserve? Jail time, definitely. Ass-whooping, probably, slap across the back of the head, sure. But, don't you think the gang rapes he's going to be subjected to are a bit too much?

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Bank robbery is a federal crime which means he'll be going to federal prison. Federal prisons are nothing like what you see on TV. I would highly doubt he has to worry about being gang raped.

[lefty rosen]

Sure corrupt World Com and Enron executives make mean cellmates......... [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[uncleshady]

Up to 20 years and nobody died? Thats crap. He might do 4 and if he's lucky he can get an internet connection at some point...