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Originally Posted by bundy5
But if your argument is that poker should be kept unregulated because it is our right and we should be free to play when we want, then why limit the amount of pokies?
To be consistent between pokies and poker, there would still need to be some form of regulation of poker sites.
Both Poker and the Pokies should be legal and regulated, I just think the amount of pokies in the state is way too high and very dangerous, they create problem gamblers.
Limiting the amount of pokies doesnt make it illegal or impossible to play, but it just makes people drive that little bit further etc to play, which in turn will result in less people bothering and more money in their pockets. You still can play the pokies and have that right, you just shouldnt have a poker machine on your doorstep (but we should have online poker in our living rooms?! i hear people say)
With a regulated poker site, you make it clean fair and legal but things like a cap on deposits etc in place as an element of control, theres no control on how much money you can funnel down a poker machine or blackjack table. Making people create accounts and pass ID checks along with deposit limits is a good amount of control to keep fish playing and the government/people happy imo
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Originally Posted by 1968
I couldn't get through that young gamblers episode, it was tilting me too hard. Basically the usual grouping of pokies and poker and interviews with losing/ break even poker players..
There was a question asked to one of the poker fish about time played per day. He said something like up to 12hrs and the entire room was gob smacked. lol.
then there was a section with sports betting donkeys and it was again linked back to poker.
I lost count of the amount of times "but how much did you lose?" got asked. one of the poker guys was going on a rant about how much poker he'd played and how it had taken over his life but then finished off with that he'd only invested $100 but was break even for years.
get some winning players on these shows ONE TIME!!!
IMO a general summary of poker to differentiate it from all other casino games is that it IS actually possibly to beat the game long term. This is what makes the game competitive as people actually have to use their brain and not rely purely on dumb luck. This is NEVER covered in these stupid shows.
Yes its possible, but the nature of the game means its impossible for everybody to win as well. So while young players say "yeah but if you work harder you'll win and the guy that works less hard will lose so its all good right?"
Politicians arent going to swallow that, theyre out to protect the guy that doesnt want to work hard at his game and just degen (which we all know there are plenty of). Arguing that you're smarter than him so you deserve his losses wont win you the argument.
They want that guys money going into things that are taxed and stimulate the economy, not your online account.