Poker leads to bank robbery

[soko]

Why would they excuse his debt, he commited a felony that warrants 20 years in jail and you think the guy deserves sympathy? It's DEBT, it's not going to kill you, if you handle pressure so horribly that you would rob a bank you are only going to be safe behind bars.

It only reinforces the stupidity of your post that you even mention the possibility that this guy be allowed to play poker agian.

[lehighguy]

My best friend ruined his college over poker, almost killed himself.

But it was his whole personality that was the problem. If it isn't poker it would be booze or something.

[Python49]

this was your friend? just seems coincidental based on your name

[AustinDoug]

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.

No, he posts at Neverwin's site.

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

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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?

[MicroBob]

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.

Poker did not lead to this robbery. The kid being a moron led to this robbery

[young nut]

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Poker did not lead to this robbery. The kid being a moron led to this robbery

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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.

[lighterjobs]

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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."

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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?