why do the politicians hate on poker so much?

[cards4life]

They certainly , do not get paid, for anything , that happens online....Especially Poker, so...ask any Politician U know, is he/her, play online ?

[brokenlung911]

because they are greedy they get kickbacks from the casinos so they can exist it's all about money and power

[tex]

There's also opposition from the Indian nations and live casino owners.

[sixteentons]

In New York the New York Racing Association (NYRA) and State Lottery, which are controlled by politicians and provide money and jobs to their friends will stall legal online poker as long as they can because they perceive it as a threat to their revenue stream. What they don't get is that online poker players aren't going to bet less on horses because they can now play online poker. They also aren't going to dump less money into retarded slot machines at the state sanctioned fake casinos which only offer negative expectation games. Eventually they will come around - when they get enough bribes.

[dspade]

I agree it seems like a win for them. They can tax the sites who charge a bigger rake.

[don7238]

The goverment is greedy. If they could tax online poker that wouldn't mind online poker.

[buonafide]

they don't hate it - i've heard stories of some notable politicians getting together and having games. Its really about taxes and the fact that they don't want to be bothered with creating a big 26,000 page tax code that works for everyone while dealing with all the other shit on the table right now

[easyweight]

2 things: 1. Bc they suck and lose at poker. 2. I would think its just that they want everything to be really random and real cards

[BMaagz77]

politicians like to think they know whats best for everyone (especially democraps) so in there eye's gambling is a bad thing that is a jumping off to other things like crime and drugs...they also think its such a minor issue that they don't have to deal with it at all..if ppl started contacting there local politicans and letting them know how you feel about it I think they would have to start taking it more serious.just my opinion

[capnjim]

thats right U.S. goverment cant control it the politicians are not make money off it why support it no money in there pockets