Comments on: Online Casinos Banned at Second Life http://casinosmack.com/blog/online-casinos-banned-at-second-life/ Casino Smack Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:25:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Big Boss http://casinosmack.com/blog/online-casinos-banned-at-second-life/#comment-556 Big Boss Mon, 12 Nov 2007 18:43:42 +0000 http://casinosmack.com/blog/online-casinos-banned-at-second-life/#comment-556 I agree with your points. I'll add to my original point by stating that those government officials pushing the UIGEA act were using "morality" as the public face to the bill. Guys like Senator Jon Kyl, a major proponent of UIGEA (who by the way is so inept he thinks that "online gambling is already illegal") has made many public statements using morality as his basis to abolish internet casino gaming, such as: "Online poker is currently the most addictive form of gambling activity among American youth. The National Annenberg Risk Survey of Youth (ages 14 to 22) over the last few years has identified rising trends in poker and Internet gambling as significant and worrisome." Of course, bottom-line, it all comes down to $. I agree with your points. I’ll add to my original point by stating that those government officials pushing the UIGEA act were using “morality” as the public face to the bill.

Guys like Senator Jon Kyl, a major proponent of UIGEA (who by the way is so inept he thinks that “online gambling is already illegal”) has made many public statements using morality as his basis to abolish internet casino gaming, such as: “Online poker is currently the most addictive form of gambling activity among American youth. The National Annenberg Risk Survey of Youth (ages 14 to 22) over the last few years has identified rising trends in poker and Internet gambling as significant and worrisome.”

Of course, bottom-line, it all comes down to $.

]]> By: TJ http://casinosmack.com/blog/online-casinos-banned-at-second-life/#comment-550 TJ Mon, 12 Nov 2007 05:35:35 +0000 http://casinosmack.com/blog/online-casinos-banned-at-second-life/#comment-550 This actually happened months ago, it's old news. It also didn't have a far reaching effect on the Second Life economy, as the only people really making any money were a few large casino owners, while the rest merely got by with pennies. Very few casino owners owned islands and those who did had multiple businesses on those islands for the most part. The UIGEA was not about preventing gambling addictions, it was about stopping the flow of US$ out of the US and into the hands of foreign online gaming site owners. The strongest supporters of the UIGEA were the large casino owners in states like Nevada who weren't happy with competing with the gaming sites. This actually happened months ago, it’s old news.
It also didn’t have a far reaching effect on the Second Life economy, as the only people really making any money were a few large casino owners, while the rest merely got by with pennies. Very few casino owners owned islands and those who did had multiple businesses on those islands for the most part.

The UIGEA was not about preventing gambling addictions, it was about stopping the flow of US$ out of the US and into the hands of foreign online gaming site owners.

The strongest supporters of the UIGEA were the large casino owners in states like Nevada who weren’t happy with competing with the gaming sites.

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