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LA Times Supports Online Poker and Gambling
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Online poker and online gambling has received a 'shot in the arm' when top-rated
U.S. newspaper, The Los Angeles Times, came out in support of the online gaming
pastimes in an editorial called 'Don't Bet The House'.
In what could be described as one of the best media endorsements for the
legalization, regulation and thus acceptance of online poker and gambling in the
United States to date, the
LA Times editorial asked the following question:
'Doesn't the federal government have better things to do than try to block
people from going online to make a wager on the Super Bowl or the Final Four?
Good Question.
It went on to objectively analyze the current online gambling legislation on
Capitol Hill and then offered a clear and concise plan of action the
government could employ as an alternative to making gambling online a felony.
The Times editorial also pointed out that while legislators are looking to
address problem gambling, underage gambling and offshore, and thus unregulated, online gambling sites,
little is being done regarding the regulation of the online horse racing
industry.
Regulating and taxing the online gambling industry, which is currently worth a
staggering $12 billion, is the way to go it continued. But perhaps, the most
pertinent point made in The LA Times was the following statement:
'Moralistic members of Congress should not be allowed to thwart online
freedoms.'
Hear, hear. We at Online Poker Insider salute The LA Times for its objective and
free viewpoint regarding online poker and online gambling.
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