Poker: The Sport Of Presidents And Judges
September 16, 2007, 9:02pm
Ten-time World Series of Poker Champion Doyle Brunson doesn’t care much the ban on Internet gambling enacted last year — and he doesn’t understand it much, either, because so many people love poker.
“America wants poker. … All the presidents play poker,” Brunson said in an interview posted online by the Poker Players Alliance. “The Supreme Court justices play poker. The lawyers, the judges. I don’t understand it.”
So does that mean Brunson thinks President Bush and Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts are closet Internet gamblers? It’s tough to say, but he said he was so troubled by enactment of the ban that he briefly stopped playing in poker tournaments. “For the first time, I lost my passion for poker simply because that happened.”
But Brunson has the passion back now that Barney Frank, D-Mass., has the reins of power in the House Financial Services Committee and is pushing legislation to repeal the Internet gambling ban. “I think if there’s any avid poker players out there, call your congressmen and support Barney Frank,” Brunson said.
Categories: Massachusetts, Technology, Barney Frank, Lobbying, Social Policy
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September 16th, 2007 at 11:33 pm
I do care about the ban of online poker. Every country in the world is doing it except for the US. I believe the lawmakers should just legalize it and tax it, just like any other business or service in our country. There is a lot of money to be made for both the entrepenuers and the players, and the government can have their cut by just taxing it