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Delaware To Permit In-state Online Gambling

Posted by Soulskill on from the enjoy-policing-that dept.

schwit1 writes "Delaware became the first state to enter the realm of legal online casino gambling Thursday with the governor's approval of legislation that allows for full-service betting websites offering slots play and games like roulette, poker and blackjack. Federal law limits online gambling to players within the state's borders, which will be verified using geolocation software. The state hopes to launch online gambling in 2013 and intends to make betting available on a variety of digital devices including smart phones and tablets."

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  1. A fool and his money... by wcrowe · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Even ignoring the obvious statistical problems with gambling, why would anyone play slots, roulette, or even blackjack and poker online? How can you be sure the game is honest?

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    1. Re:A fool and his money... by Assmasher · · Score: 4, Insightful

      How can you be sure it's honest at the casino in person? ;)

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  2. Proxy prices are now skyrocketing in Delaware... by Assmasher · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder if the ISPs with a physical presence in Delaware had a hand in this?

    Hehe...

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  3. Proxy server? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Federal law limits online gambling to players within the state's borders, which will be verified using geolocation software."

    Apparently these people have never heard of an in-state proxy server. The people trying to limit this scheme to within-state activities are as dumb as the people paying the "stupid tax" to play the games.

  4. State Revenue by twmcneil · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The Department of Finance estimates the new gambling offerings will generate $7.75 million in revenues for the state in fiscal 2013.

    Just wait until they figure out how much they could make by taxing legalized pot.

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    1. Re:State Revenue by MickyTheIdiot · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Less than the money going into their pockets by the legal drug industry, which wants to make sure pot NEVER becomes legal.

    2. Re:State Revenue by geekoid · · Score: 1, Insightful

      False. Please stop with the ignorance.

      Who do you think will be able to industrialize for commercial medical use the best? Pharmacy companies.
      Who already had volume of research on growing, using, and effects from marijuana? Pharmacy companies.
      The fact of the matter is that is't medical effects are minimal, so it's not like it will cure anything. It's best at quelling side effects.

      And then there is the other big player:
      Who would make the most money? Tobacco companies. Since it would take them about 2 weeks to start producing pot ' cigarettes'.

      Marijuana is illegal for the simple reason that some right wing religious nuts think it's 'bad'.

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    3. Re:State Revenue by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      If someone thought they could make money off of it then it would be legal by now.

      Almost. If they thought they could make more money and acquire more power by making it legal than by keeping it illegal then they would do so. That's a somewhat different statement.

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  5. Re:So... by istartedi · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So... anybody know the penalty for receiving proceeds from winnings across state lines? This will work with personal information submitted to the casino, including perhaps a routing/transit number, a credit card to buy credits, and other information which leads back to... your home address.

    You could commit address fraud of course. Some student with 500 people "living" in his 1-bed dorm room will probably learn the hard way that it's a serious thing.

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  6. Re:The more I learn about human by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The same can be said for any number of other things - but it's not your job, your responsibility, or your right to tell someone else how to live their life.

    It's extremely pretentious and arrogant to try to 'protect' another adult from something you think could harm them. At what point does that protection end? Will I not be allowed to go rock climbing because the dopamine is really forcing me to do it and it's dangerous? Or allowed to drink alcohol? Or anything else really. Live your own life, offer help where you can, but part of being human should be the freedom to screw up your life on your own terms once you are old enough to know better.

  7. Re:The more I learn about human by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An addiction is an addiction is an addiction. You pleasure center in your brain doesn't care if it is heroin, porn, gambling, etc. it just wants to get it's fix. Banning activities of any kind becasue a small percentage of the population has a problem with it is ALWAYS a bad idea - doesn't matter what it is you are banning. Regulation and taxation to raise revenue to offer people with help for addiction is the proper way to address things like gambling and drugs.

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  8. It's called 'Society' by fantomas · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "It's extremely pretentious and arrogant to try to 'protect' another adult from something you think could harm them."

    It's called 'society'. Different places have different rules, but pretty well everywhere in the world groups of humans have agreed social rules that override individual choice because as a group, the people have decided where the boundaries lie. Cross the boundaries, and the rest of the people, or some representatives, will pull you back, or even forbid you to cross the boundaries in the first place.

    In some places it's injecting heroin, other places drinking alcohol, or firing guns without a licence, or driving a motor vehicle without proving you can pass a test the other people have agreed upon. But most places have these rules agreed by the wider society. Partly to protect people from themselves, and partly to prevent them harming others.

    Part of being human is being sensitive enough to realise screwing up other people's lives for your own pleasure is not a good thing, that we are social animals, and to win other people's goodwill for the time when we need their help, we shouldn't ignore their concerns.

    Communal groups of humans try to minimise the damage individuals who don't have that sensitivity by restricting them from going too crazy.

    There are a few places in the world where there are no boundaries on individuals doing what ever they want, but not many.