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Lobbyist may be less of a problem

Posted By: Stanley E. Richards
Date: Thursday, 12 May 2011, at 4:36 a.m.

In Response To: "Proving" Poker is a Game of Skill (Phil Simborg)

Of course, I consider the possibility that some powerful private and government gambling businesses may lobby against internet gaming. However, I am not so sure that this is as important to these other gambling establishments. I suspect that these businesses may be less likely to see internet gaming as a competitor. Perhaps, it is a means to increase interest in gambling in general. The non-internet gambling businesses may see possible increase business due to more internet gaming. Or traditional gambling businesses may view internet gaming customers to be unlikely traditional gambling customers.

My argument is obviously cyclical and a bit confusion. Perhaps, traditional gambling enterprises view internet gambling customers as potential new traditional customers or the type of person who would not gamble in a casino anyway. Example, there is no way I would ever gamble in a casino, lottery, or horse track betting. Thus, the traditional gambling enterprise may recognize that internet gambling customers like me do not harm their business. Yet other internet gamblers may experience such a rush that they may be willing to spend more time at traditional facilities because they want to feed their rush that was tweaked by internet gaming.

I am starting to get the impression that traditional gambling enterprises are much less afraid of internet gaming than the level of their fear fifteen years ago.

Stanley

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