Online Casino

This is a question that's burning a hole in my pocket.

If its not illegal to access and play online casinos from your home, but it is if you use an Internet cafe, then why do folks risk arrest by going to Internet cafes and gamble there? I hear of more and more of these Internet cafes getting raided by police who have them under surveillance for being an illegal gambling establishment.

It seems to be just plain stupid to me! What do you guys think?

I read with interest that many US Indian tribes are worried that if all the US states legalize online poker, they will lose a huge amount of money from their land based casinos. I don't see how that can be, because these statistics were published by "Indian Country Today", written by columnist Dave Palermo:-

"On average, 80% of casino revenue comes from slot machines with another 15% from table games such as blackjack and mini-baccarat. Poker, a player-banked game, normally generates less than 5% of a casino’s revenue."

Even if online poker players were staying away from land casinos, which they're mostly not, there is still only a tiny percent of the casino's total revenue at stake here and it is really not worth worrying about, from what I can see.

So like Focus on the Family, you know that bunch of religious zealots who are campaining hard to stop us having the choice as to whether we want to gamble online or not, well now they are attacking Angelina Jolie for like cutting her kid's hair!

Very uncool I might say as I think Angelina is an angel and she does a load of good work around the world. Shame on Focus for being so controlling. Maybe they need to read some George Orwell but like try and understand what the man was saying, not just read the pretty pictures...

Hey everyone, there was a serious blow to the organizers of the European Poker Tour.

A police investigation was launched after an armed robbery during Day 4 of the EPT Berlin event this weekend. Gunmen tried to get away with the tournament prize pool. I haven't heard an update yet, so maybe someone else can fill us in on what happened.

Hi everyone, just a quick question for you.

Does anyone here play bingo online, and if you do, do you play multiple cards. Its just that I'm sure that I win more when I play with as many cards as I can handle than when I play with only the basic four cards. The stakes are higher, of course, but with multiple cards I seem to get far more win lines come up than I do with four cards and that often keeps me fairly even or even up. Has anyone else come across this?

Greetings fellow wayward souls, waifs and strays! I have been thinking to myself that I may be more tempted to be gambling online because it is illegal than I would be if it were not! This has prompted me to ask a question of my compatriots here about the very reasons we do what we do.

Could it be that we gamble because of the thrill of experiencing a prohibited activity? Is it the very illegal nature of online gambling that spurs us on to take risks despite the potential consequences?

I leave this thought with you, dear friends and await your enlightened responses.

Hi everyone, here is a stark reminder that you should keep your gambling well under control lest it ruin your life.

A former manager of a Swansea doctor's practice has been jailed after he defrauded the National Health Service out of more than £90,000. The man gambled away the cash on the horses and online betting sites over a 5 year period leaving the surgery where he worked in debt and unable to afford new medical equipment. He said that his gambling had become out of control as he stole to pay for his habit and it has cost him his liberty and labelled him a criminal for the rest of his life.

It is so important to limit yourself and your bankroll and only gamble with what you can afford to lose. This chap obviously did not.