Florida Votes Down Online Poker

[don7238]

Poker should be legal to everyone in the United States, why just Florida is a bill being passed to banned poker

[flajules]

I am a Fla native that lives I on the east coast of Fla (West Palm Bch) area. There is quite a few places to go play live poker/casinos around here, Miami, Coconut Grove. Okeechobee, West Palm Dog Track. Immokalee...I think our new governor wants to legalize through out the state..That would be the states way of trying to get some of the gambling money away from the area Indian tribes who are making a killing...


flajules

[Assistanc3]

Its a given the majority of states want to legalize poker for the tax money, I can't think of 1 states that is not running a deficit so they do need the money. However, having only state run online poker is telling the rest of the world to F-Off.

This is why the Poker Players Alliance want a federal bill to online poker, then intra-state regulations, to allow everyone to play poker together. Individual states have tried segregation before with other things, it never works out in the end.

[Prawney]

I still find it hard to grasp how frowned upon gambling is in america. Horse racing and gambling on it is prob biggest hobby in ireland. the same goes for sports betting and poker. I couldnt even imagine the government trying to stop people from doing it. A few years back we used to have to pay tax when placing bets but it caused so much confusion the bookies just paid the tax to keep everyone happy.

[choppedwoodc]

yes we want federal bill...............the land of the free................tell us what we can do on line?(several house/senate have went on record)they know it isnt criminal)..............i think we should b able to brush up on our poker skills or turn a 600 profit..................if it goes over a grand..............ffs................we will pay the greedy fuckers.

[choppedwoodc]

flajules.............has a good op o gov Scott.............myself i have not quite figured him out yet

[flajules]

Prawney you make a very good point, I mean I grew up in South Florida where we had Jai Lai and Dog Tracks (Greyhound Racing). Which by the way has been in operation forever!!!! I live on the East Coast just North of West Palm & at the Palm Bch Kennnel Club has poker rooms that are open 7 days a wk., on the weekends 24hrs....In fact they are hosting some big Holdem Tournaments there...I think some WSOP qualifiers.
So I guess my point is maybe Fla. doesn't want to allow Poker to be played online because they might loose some revenue...

[ttwarrior1]

not sure how some want poker to be legalized yet its on a state by state basis

[abwil2]

Cause each state wants "its" share

[d36jenkins]

at least florida will have more retired folx in mobile homes, piece of crap state