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Originally Posted by illdonk
How exactly would an Aaron Sorkin movie about an attractive young woman running a high-stakes poker game for A-List movie stars somehow affect online poker regulation?
Clearly you don't know her story. I know Molly from the illegal NYC underground games long before she was busted and in turn took down many who were associated with her. In fact the remnants of her story are still playing out in Southern California card rooms with the recent shut down of the clubs in San Diego. Her story is filled with illegal unlicensed and unregulated underground games, players losing everything, insane debt, loan sharking, gambling without giving the taxman it's cut, etc etc etc.
When Rounders came out this underground society was romanticized by the general public - and it helped the poker boom. In 2016 this underbelly is still romanticized by the active poker players and 2+2 fanboys, and there is nothing wrong with that of course, but the general movie going public and politicians do not share this same romanticism that we adore. Politicians might in fact use this movie to fight against our cause, rather than to celebrate it and help us advance our legislation agenda.
Moral of my post: be careful what you wish for, you may not like the results. Molly's book: fine, no harm done. Molly's movie made with Arron Sorkin - potential for harm.