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Re: Poker leads to bank robbery
this was your friend? just seems coincidental based on your name
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No OP wasn't my friend, I'm talking about a totally different person.
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When I was in college (pre-intenet poker; pre-internet for that matter) guys would ruin their lives by getting in too deep with bookies.
People who have too much gamble in them are going to find ways to get in to trouble whether poker is around or not. Taking an oversimplistic approach to this problem (as politicans are inclined to do) is a mistake. If poker were specifically legal and regulated in this country, then maybe these incidents could be reduced. |
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people are going to find ways to ruin their lives regardless of whether poker or booze or whatever is legal or regulated or not.
python49 - i just assumed that lehighguy went to Lehigh University. |
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Poker did not lead to this robbery. The kid being a moron led to this robbery
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Poker did not lead to this robbery. The kid being a moron led to this robbery [/ QUOTE ] I realize this, as I think we all do. I'm just pointing out the fact that the article makes the conclusion that poker was the catalyst that led up to the robbery, not the fact that he was dumb with money. |
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A gambling addict will lose because he is a gambling addict on tilt. Now if he didn't know he had these tendencies, then that's a different matter. A 5K debt for a student is huge(if it's credit not a student loan), but if he worked over the summer he could eliminate that debt in a few months, his robbing the bank is sign of deep seated issues with compulsion..... [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]
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What used to be played by middle-age men in smoky backrooms is being played by college and high school students. If players can't find a live game, online poker is a mouse click away, and they need only a computer and a credit card whose credit limit hasn't been maxed out. "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." [/ QUOTE ] this is so ridiculous. if the kid lived down the street from a casino or lost this money to a bookie would it be this big of a deal? |
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this is so ridiculous. if the kid lived down the street from a casino or lost this money to a bookie would it be this big of a deal? [/ QUOTE ] Yes, I think a college student (who was seemingly doing well for himself, was class president, was the son of a minister, etc.) robbing a bank in an attempt to pay off secret gambling debts would still be a big deal. |
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[ QUOTE ] this is so ridiculous. if the kid lived down the street from a casino or lost this money to a bookie would it be this big of a deal? [/ QUOTE ] Yes, I think a college student (who was seemingly doing well for himself, was class president, was the son of a minister, etc.) robbing a bank in an attempt to pay off secret gambling debts would still be a big deal. [/ QUOTE ] good point. i forgot about how high profile the kid was at his school. i was thinking this was just another kid going through the motions of college. |
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