Rich Casino Owner Opposes Online Poker

kwstevekwsteve
in General Poker Chat
Hilariously, billionaire hotel and casino owner is "morally opposed" to online gambling. You can't make this stuff up. Pretty hypocritical if you ask me. Is there any doubt Adelson is only doing this for his own greedy reasons?

In His Hatred Of Web Poker, Sheldon Adelson Commissions Survey To Show Legalization Of It Isn't Popular
Adelson has been challenging the online gambling industry because he said he is morally opposed to the idea of such games potentially being played in every household in America. Adelson is a staunch Republican, giving tens of millions to candidates he likes.

His moral position against web poker stems from his apparent fear that minors could gamble. Online poker experts say the risk of minors playing is low, but most agree it cannot be completely prevented. However, neither can minors playing in live casinos with fake IDs. In fact, Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem was recently fined more than $50,000 for underage gamblers at its property.

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  • trigstrigs
    lol morally wrong. i'm surprised people like this can see anything past the end of their own noses. arogant self centred pricks.

    (i think i may be in a bad mood today)
  • kwstevekwsteve
    Of course, it isn't morally wrong to walk into one of his casinos and gamble away your house. That's just fine and dandy.

    A good analogy would be the head of the MexiCali drug cartel coming out and saying that he's "morally opposed" to the legalization of cannabis as he's afraid of children gaining easy access to pot. So he spends millions lobbying to keep it illegal.
  • MiloMilo
    Sheldon Adelson is a complete and utter douchebag. Hell, when Hobbes worships at the altar of assholedom in his basement, I would lay odds that it is a picture of Adelson that he is praying to . . .
  • HobbesHobbes
    He's usually naked in the picture though.





































    Get that out of your head. :D
  • MiloMilo
    Why?
  • westside8westside8
    This isn't news - there was a boycott of the Venetian poker room over the summer. Not quite sure how it went or if it even took place.
  • wildbill7145wildbill7145
    westside8 wrote: »
    This isn't news - there was a boycott of the Venetian poker room over the summer. Not quite sure how it went or if it even took place.

    Doesn't sound like it really took place to any great extent.
    Poker community boycott having
  • BlondeFishBlondeFish
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  • GTA PokerGTA Poker
    fwiw im also opposed...It is much more difficult to arrange the hookers and blow
  • compueasecompuease Admin
    GTA Poker wrote: »
    fwiw im also opposed...It is much more difficult to arrange the hookers and blow

    What? They don't have Kijiji personals in Alberta?
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