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Originally Posted by jakeyboy
It's the oldest trick in the book. Accuse the good guy of the crime your committing and no one looks in your direction. The colluding that destroyed online poker is every poker site upping the cap on ring games 5X to10x from what is was. The intension is the result that is the end of online poker. Every poker site parent is an online slot machine company with revenue from poker sites not touching the 1% of revenue slots makes for them. Guaranteed loss is not gambling in the case of slots and raking a game that profits reflect hard work and dedication is at the other end of the slots spectrum destroying souls from those looking for a bit of harmless fun. All we see is the poker players they sponsor to be the face of something that covers up the crime
This take is WAY off the target and contrary to the gambling industry models, both live and online.
Poker, both live and online, properly run, can and does both generate a profit and, subject to jurisdictional constraints, provide an important part of a product mix in the gambling industry. OP is simply wrong in my view.