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waste of taxpayer resources. how dissapointing that we pay these people. my confidence in government is slowly eroding

This is for whoever that so called politician is who feels she has the power to tell me how I am able to spend my money. I didnt tell what lies to tell to get into office so she should not be trying to tell me how to spend the money I have to work very hard for every single day. Why not stop state lotteries or bingo parlors? Better yet, shut down Vegas, Atlantic City, and the Gulf coast casinos. Oh...I forgot. Can't do that then the politicians would not be able to gamble. Some of us like to gamble but don't have the luxury of living near a casino so we gamble online. How about I tell her how to spend our tax dollars that is paying her salary.

If you denounce America because you can't gamble online, it sounds like you have bigger problems than that. maybe it is time you leave this country, if you would infact like to trade online gambling for a life in a war torn Iraq.

I have a website. I am glad to hear people willing to get the message out to the people that are ignorant to the facts that our freedoms are are being taken from us systematiclly. I can put up the addresses for you lynn We need a revolution- we the people need to take back our Government before it is too late. This is yet just another example of the rapidly growing erosions of our freedom. Patroit act, hate crime legislations. I just read that smokers are being evicted from their apartments. Old women told quit smoking or get out. We are not in Iraq fighting for freedom, we are fighting for their oil.

I posted on another site something I want to share with this site. First I see no recent postings... shame, this needs to be kept in the public eye!! I read not too long ago, the large independent casinos are adopting the attitude, if you cant beat em, join em... which is what we in WAshinton State should be doing. Rather than ban and create a tax burden, turn the on line gaming into a source of tax revenue! We have spent far to many tax dollars on this insane law already. I would rather see those dollars feeding ungry or putting books and computers in schools! Next, what if I choose to declare my on line gambling as my religious right? I pray to my god about a problem, I ask for an answer to be delivered to me. I seek that answer with a wager.. if I win money then the answer is affirmative, if I loose money the answer is negative. Ohhhh yes, they are protecting us by prohibiting on line gaming.,.. I forgot... Well then start protecting those who are granted the right to take toxic poisons for religious enlightenment, or those who handle deadly snakees to show their faith in their God. What about those to toss the dice.. oppps I mean bones seeking divine guidance-how much further off is that then reading poker cards? So now the government is able to interfere with my choicexs in religious ceromony, and take away one of my basic constitutional rights..... ??? But someone who walks on red hot coals barefoot, is not in need of protection, where I am from viewing numbers on playing cards.... shesshhhh... Our founding fathers should rise from their graves and haunt these so called polititions that are.... IMPOSSING laws that can be direct violations of our civil rights! (Note, this screen wont let me read all of wht I am typing, so forgive typos etc...)

Nice try but it doesn't cut it. Gambling can be many things but religion isn't one of them. If you used that kind of logic any past time / obsession would qualify. For example: Smoking. Just because to worship at the alter doesn't mean God has anything to do with it. Your first arguement was better. If people want to be stupid and throw their money away on online gambling it's their business. Makes little difference if it's online or in a casino.

No one should be told why, where, or how to spend their money. Playing in person is legal. Playing from a remote location is illegal. Someone PLEASE try to prove to me that this makes sense.

So the rest of us have to stop doing something we love because she cant control her self! Mabey we outa outlaw motorcycles because some people cant seem to not ride whellies down the freeway at 100 miles an hour. Or better yet, lets outlaw ALL PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION, AND WE CANN ALL RIDE AROUND IN BUSSES IN PUBLIC TRANSIT, BECAUSE ONCE A MONTH I HEAR ABOUT SOME KID DYING IN A STREET RACE! Get real lady, it's not my fault that this broad spent 50k on gambling, SO WHY SHOULD I BE PUNISHED!

Dont penalize the entire country becuase your wife is a freak who can't controle her own impulsions, how about letting the impulsive woman who spent 50K on online gambling to do what she needs to do... get the hell out of society. If you are dumb enough to blow your entire savings on online gambling, you deserve to be broke. Let the responsible gamblers who enjoy the pass time to enjoy it and stop infringing on our rights because a small percentage of people cant keep thier dick in their pants. Why isnt alchol band for those who blow their savings to get drunk???? because it makes the powers at large money. Don't take away my weekly outing and ruin it because you are a lush.

just curious if anyone has been the victim of credit card fraud or identity theft after gambling online? Or perhaps been "stiffed" your winnings?

Credit cards can be used to get cash in Brick and Mortar casinos. So, making Online Gambling illegal is not going to stop somebody with a gambling problem from going bankrupt. All casinos have the advantage regardless of online or brick and mortar. Therefore, this law is nothing more than an act of the State to make illegal something they can not TAX. All other arguements are moot as the same problems can be encountered in Brick and Mortar casinos that are happening with Online casinos. Having said all of that first, let me add that I believe anyone who is stupid enough to wager their money in an online casino where computer programs determine the outcome deserve to eventually go broke just like 99.9% of slot machine junkies. But, it is not the State's business to tell me where I can and can not gamble any more than to tell me where I can and can not shop for clothes.

When you exchange money for shares of stock in a company you are gambling. You can still buy and sell stocks online. Explain to me the difference. You can say with 100% certaintee that a specific stock will make me money and not lose money? If so, I will hire you as my broker.

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Step back and ask yourself what is really going on with this bill. Learn about who put it together and why. If people lose their money playing online poker they dont buy things, things that are supposed to get a sales tax applied. Anyhow they tax us to death and 1/2 of what they promise we never see. Its as much of a gamble to believe in this State as it is to toss chips in any poker game.

What a bunch of hypocrites in Olympia! Gambling is OK in every form that they can tax but forget it if they can't! Under such circumstances, then they have to PROTECT US! What rubbish! My husband and I both play poker and as long as the games are fair and honest, we have a better chances of winning online than we do at a casino. This is because the rake off at the casino's is much higher . . . in fact too high for even the best players to overcome at low limits. Online poker is a very inexpensive form of entertainment. They offer limits as low as 5 and 10 cents and the rake off is much less than in a casino! Since my husband and I are both disabled we have a limited income and limited mobility. Online poker is really the only way we can enjoy this activity on a daily basis at low limits, because of our fixed income. We find that online, we are able to win, even at low limits where it would be impossible in the casinos. our limited mobility also makes it difficult to get to the casinos! This law is discriminatory against disabled and elderly citizens. It needs to be repealed!

Is ridiculous! You can play in a brick and mortar poker tournament, but you are a felon if you play one online? What kind of morons think this is a good law? To answer the fraud question - no. There are tons of big online companies that make money, and are incredibly sensitive to their public perception - they would never risk their profit stream by trying to skim you. Of course there are tiny companies that try to be fishy now and then, but if you spend 2 minutes researching where you play before you start, you are fine. A lot of these companies are actually publicly listed companies in places like Britain - very respectable and transparent markets where you know what is going on.

our freedom in America is getting smaller by the year, the whole point of taking away online casinos to US citizens, is for one reason and one reason only. MONEYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!! they have their hands in the casinos across america and want to keep getting their profits from them, since your online casinos are not in America, they feel that they can do what ever they feel to keep their hands in every one's money. THIS IS THE WORST LAW THEY HAVE PASSESD IMPOSING ON ALL AMERICAN FREEDOMS TO HAVE FUN. UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even banks won't let you decide where you're going to spend your money with your debit card (i.e. an ATM at a casino). The government and the banks need to get out of our spending habits and our bedrooms. It's none of their business. I'd be more than happy to pay the tax on my gambling earnings from online casinos. That is, if I was allowed to play.......

show up at the kent courthouse on thursday,,may 15th..10:30 am..law on trial and im gonna be there wearing red and carrying a sign with a lot of other people..everyone who dont like the state nanny,,,be there...pro poker players will be there to talk..look up PPA (poker players alliance) on net and see what you can do..This is a real good example of a law bought and paid for by casinos with no real good logic for its existance..it costs me 10 in gas and at least 40 to play at a casino...I can play for a couple of bucks and no gas online..wheres the logic..

its called self control and dicipline idiot.. dont blame online casinos for ur lost blame ur wife for spending money like that teach her how to control herself maybe a beating would do it!

Glad I'm not married to you bozo..if you solve all your marital disputes by beating your wife. I make twice the money my husband makes that makes me entitled to spend it any way even some of it foolishly.

There are so many good reasons why this law helps society. If people are going to gamble they will gamble, even in Utah (where casinos and gambling is illegal) people drive a few hours sometimes every weekend to gamble in Wendover Nevada. I have never heard of anyone complaining of the casino being so far away because the majority of people that go don't come back with more money than when they started. The reason why this law is so commendable is because it helps reduce the temptation of gambling more often than usual. There are plenty of benefits to having access to the internet, having a personal casino is not one of them.

This bill is the most ridiculous thing ever. Most people play poker or gamble online and sometimes its not even real money its just for play and now they wont even lets us gamble with fake money. They let people gamble real money on horse races and in actual casinos but we cant play online. We should have a freedom to play wherever and whenever we want and for our own entertainment not even for real money. This new bill is just insane and dumb...they have nothing else to make illegal anymore that they decided to choose this..how pathetic.

The bill on gambling only passed because it was stuck insides the port bill,and if the port bill does not pass some of our top people might go to jail for some of the things they were doing. its like not do what i do its do what i say. Bring the bill back and put it up for vote by its self.

I just wrote to my representative Judy Clibborn and she informed me that the representatives were told this law would align them with federal law. She was shocked to learn that this goes way beyond federal law. You need to contact your state legislature people! CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TODAY AND LET THEM KNOW THIS LAW IS RIGHT OUT OF IRANIAN TYRANNY!

That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. If somebody lacks self-control, and will gamble too much; making them drive for four hours won't curtail it much. By waiting they'll just build up the anticipation and spend too much when they get there. Besides, if you had ever visited an online casino you'd know that they have, especially Poker, micro-stakes. With these players only wager a few cents or a dollar at a time. In real casinos you might pay a minimum of $10 to $20 just to get into a hand! So, in conclusion, I think you have shown very little understanding of this subject by commending this law. If you had just banged on a Bible and said "Gambling goes against God's word, and therefore is wrong!" I would have agreed more with that opinion more than the one you gave.