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Here is the response I have not heard but I keep thinking of..
They say its to protect people from going broke and developing a gambling habbit. These people that have a gambling problem are of the lower income levels as reported by the reports I have read and seen on TV.
Heres the scenario on this issue though. People of lower income most likely would not have the ability to play online, IE requires a decent PC to play on, internet connection and valid banking credentials. On the flip side these people can easily take thier last $5 and walk 5 minutes in any direction to a gas station and blow it on a state lotto that has impossibly poor odds. Who should the Government protect these people from?
Great point!!! Especially, when you consider that lotto winners are usually poor again or in debt within 18 months of winning the lotto.
Yes I beleive that point has been made repeatedly.:
Will “poor” people :
– stump up for a good PC ?
– pay monthly broadband fees ?
– have access to credit cards and bank accounts ?If you can do that – then you’re not poor in my book and actaully have demonstrated that you probably have disposible income to use for entertainment.
Consider :
– Watching PAy TV,
– Buying a magazine,
– Going to the movies,
– Renting a DVD,
– Or playing in a online poker room.All valid entertainment choices in my book – and all costing about the same – and available to peole with access to spare cash.
Or will the “poor” simply stroll down to their local bar and play the “pokies” and slot machines?Here in New Zealand most pubs and taverns have a “gaming room” which is packed full of 20-30 coin operated slots and video poker machines which attractive sounds and lights.
That is where the POOR go to get their gambing fix at 20c a time.
Not online casinos and poker rooms.
sigh.gifI may be way out of line here but this thread struck a nerve with me. My comment doesn’t have a whole lot to do with gambling but it has to do with taxes. Being a smoker and a drinker it really pisses me off the amount of tax that I pay on a pack of cigarettes or a 12pk of beer. In my opinion these are luxuries because basically the tax I pay on them are equivelant to the luxury tax I pay on a hotel or a rental car when traveling. So why is it that a McDonalds hamburger doesn’t have an additional 18% tax added to it. You know why? Because it would affect the poor more than anyone. Go figure!:bullshit:
Sorry, just had to vent.:la-de-da:
TheGooner wrote:Will “poor” people :
– stump up for a good PC ?
– pay monthly broadband fees ?
– have access to credit cards and bank accounts ?The poor will do whatever it takes to get rich without working for it.
