why would they do this?

if anything casinos would be fine with poker being 21 and pit games 18.

agreed

yeah like now that smoking weed is legal it totally isnt cool anymore and teen and young adult drug use will probably decline actually.

because they still have a moral duty to uphold however convoluted it may be.

promoting -ev life activities to a broader audience is scummy af. opening poker doesn't make much money, but its more than nothing and could promote longterm earnings when they turn 21.

Lol at the gambling industry upholding a moral code. The only reason they act like they care about such things is because they have to.

You can buy stocks at 18 can't you? so why not gamble. If a 18 year old wants to go on a heater in vegas let him. kids under 21 are given wrist bands or stamps so they can be in there but not drink.

If a person can die for their country at 18 I have no problem with a person drinking a beer and playing poker at 18 also.

LOL... during the boom, how many hotshot "names" in the game today do you think freerolled their mommy and daddys credit cards or easily got a card themselves because they were students while also dipping into their grant money, binked some big tournies online and basically luckboxed life instead of having to hump a cubicle like they were destined to ITFP?

I would venture to guess quite a few that are looked up to today instead of being looked down at as the undeserving weasely degenerate law breaking greedy theives that they were.

Inb4 "you mad bro?"

Also,

Where is Adelsons concern in all this...you know, family n all?

Also also,

Everything with a minimum "adult" age restriction needs to have the number @ 21 IMHO. Including driving

That's how it is in Florida. 18 for poker, and 21 for all other games.

http://news3lv.com/news/local/gambling-age

Doesn't look like there's much interest.

The obvious right thing to do is raise the enlistment age to 21.

Adelson will for sure prevent this from happening. He is all about protecting the youth and has an outstanding moral compass.

also taking out loans. that is what is most incongruent about the 21+ stuff, imo.

True as far as traditional casino games are concerned; however, poker isn't the only gambling activity available to 18-year-olds. All parimutual gambling (horse racing, dog tracks, jai alai) also is 18+.

these imo

When I was in the Army back in the 80s, I was under 21 for much of my enlistment. I remember being able to drink beer on base in the enlisted club. I also used to go to some kind of a snack bar that sold food, had a pool table, pinball, movie room, ect, and we could buy pitchers of beer there. We couldn't buy beer at the PX, or a six pack at the store, but we could drink beer in these 'approved places'.
I have no clue if things are any different today on military bases for under 21.

Completely agree. unsettling that we allow 18 year olds go to war but dont allow them to drink alcohol.

Not really. This argument carried a lot more weight 50 years ago, but now that the military is all-volunteer, it isn't nearly the slam-dunk that people make it out to be.

The proper argument would be that choosing to join a military bears the same responsibility/consequence as drinking/smoking/gambling/etc., which is an interesting debate. But nobody ever frames it that way, it's just "zomg wars are usually stupid i should be allowed to light my college fund on fire if I want!11".

FWIW I'm reasonably sure that lowering the gambling age would be a massive net-negative for Nevada.

"Get off of my lawn!"

I disagree about the argument of not having a draft anymore being relevant. You can still 'choose' to enter the military at 18, so you should be able to make any other decisions for yourself. It is protectionism at its finest. Any situation where the government tries to protect citizens from themselves is bad imo. That is not their job to do. That is the individual's and/or their's family's responsibility. Many countries are 18 and some are even younger than that (France is 16 I think?) or have no age restriction whatsoever. I'd rather see more education about it in schools and tougher laws for alcohol related offenses like drinking and driving, etc.

BTW - I do not drink at all and have not had sip of alcohol over the last 8-10 years. It was personal decision, not an addiction one. So my opinion is not self-serving.