gambling frowned upon

poker1O1 · #1 05-30-2005, 10:42 PM

why do u think gambling, more importantly poker, is looked down on so much today?

Emoney · #2 05-30-2005, 10:43 PM

today?

TITHEAD · #3 05-30-2005, 10:50 PM

I dunno but when i told my nan i played internet poker she frowned and i am in her bad books now. This puzzles me coz she blows like 50 - 100 a week on bingo. Double standard granny alert

adamstewart · #4 05-30-2005, 11:12 PM

It's more acceptable these days than it ever has been before.

Adam

jman220 · #5 05-30-2005, 11:16 PM

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why do u think gambling, more importantly poker, is looked down on so much today?

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Walk into your local casino. Look around at the people there. That's your answer.

OrangeKing · #6 05-30-2005, 11:36 PM

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why do u think gambling, more importantly poker, is looked down on so much today?

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Walk into your local casino. Look around at the people there. That's your answer.

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True. That said, adamstewart is right - it's much more acceptable than it's ever been. People still (rightly) have a negative reaction to compulsion or addiction, but I think gambling as recreation is fairly accepted, at least in most places.

henrikrh · #7 05-30-2005, 11:39 PM

Gambling is looked down upon because some people lose all the money they have, sell everything they own and then lose that ass well. Casinos are similar to tobacco companies, they sell you a product that's not good for you and make millions, yet we allow it.

Talking mainly about the -ev games, not poker.

James282 · #8 05-30-2005, 11:51 PM

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Gambling is looked down upon because some people lose all the money they have, sell everything they own and then lose that ass well. Casinos are similar to tobacco companies, they sell you a product that's not good for you and make millions, yet we allow it.

Talking mainly about the -ev games, not poker.

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Poker is a negative sum game, and is therefore -EV for its players by definition. In a 10/20 game with 5 dollar 1/2 hourly rake, the average expectation is -10 dollars per player.
-James

jman220 · #9 05-30-2005, 11:58 PM

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Talking mainly about the -ev games, not poker.

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I would think that poker is more -EV than any other casino game for at least 80 percent of the people who play poker.

Lawrence Ng · #10 05-31-2005, 06:51 AM

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why do u think gambling, more importantly poker, is looked down on so much today?

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Hence why there is so much of it on tv? [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Lawrence