gooddad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> The solution to the problem of gambling in the world, is not to
> criminalize and outlaw it, but to pass a law which says that in games
> of chance, the wagered property shall remain the property of the
> loosing party.
>
> We should so pass a law or a State or Federal Constitutional Amendment
> stating that excepting state lotteries, in games of chance the wagered
> property shall remain the property of the loosing party.
>
> Then you could go and gamble at a Casino, and if you lost big - demand
> - or file a civil suit for - your money back, and then they wouldn't
> let you in the Casino anymore. Likewise, if you won big, the Casino
> could refuse to pay, then you and other people would start to not use
> the Casino anymore.
That's your 'solution' to gambling? Write a law that no one has to pay
off
their debts? You can do the same for credit cards the same way, and it
will
probably do the world a lot more good.
Look, we're all sorry you lost the rent at yur local casino, but
gambling
is not a problem for the world, it's a problem for you. The solution is,
don't
do it. Stay out of casinos. Avoid 'friendly poker games.' And don't buy
lottery tickets. You seem to think they are not part of gambling. They
are.
The only difference is, their odds are insultingly bad. I live in a state
where the government has fought the introduction of casino gambling like
crazy, but they have TWO big jackpot lottos, plus I don't know how many
smaller ones, and last I checked, some 70 scratch-off tickets, some as
high as
$20 a pop! I've watched people step up and rattle off a litany of "box
this"
and "doubvle that". Want a kicker? It's like being in line at the horse
track.
Except I'm behind them in line with a sixpack of Pepsi.
--
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm
to pass... it's about learning to dance
in the rain."
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