Delaware To Permit In-state Online Gambling 148
schwit1 writes "Delaware became the first state to enter the realm of legal online casino gambling Thursday with the governor's approval of legislation that allows for full-service betting websites offering slots play and games like roulette, poker and blackjack. Federal law limits online gambling to players within the state's borders, which will be verified using geolocation software. The state hopes to launch online gambling in 2013 and intends to make betting available on a variety of digital devices including smart phones and tablets."
The more I learn about human (Score:4, Interesting)
neurology, the less I like legalized gambling.
People like to think there is some sort of choice involved, but for a great many people it's an illusion of choice.
If you have high dopemine levels, you're brain is more likely to come up with reasons, or a compulsion to gamble.
This is why I am now against online gambling in the home, and gambling in places people must go to needs. Grocery stores etc.
Here is an example:
http://www.radiolab.org/2009/jun/15/seeking-patterns/ [radiolab.org]
Some of the details aren't 100% accurate, but close enough for the average person.
You look at someone that is gambling there life away an think it's just a bad decision they can control may not be correct.
Re:State Revenue (Score:5, Interesting)
Marijuana is illegal for the simple reason that some right wing religious nuts think it's 'bad'.
I used to believe this. I also used to be 48 year-old who had never smoked marijuana.
But then things happened in my life in the last couple years: I developed horrible acid reflux. I had a lot of trouble sleeping. I got arthritis in my foot. I got high blood pressure. Nothing really major, but I was suddenly getting old and having lots of aches and pains. My wife, a regular pot smoker, said "try this" and handed me her bong. But I couldn't smoke it, it hurt my lungs. So then she made me some magic brownies. Holy crap, it WAS like magic. All the problems went away. I could sleep, I had no pain, I had less stress, my digestion improved, my BP went down.
I WAS taking over $150/month worth of various drugs for these conditions. And that's just the co-pay amount from insurance, no telling what actual amount is. Now I take...Well, probably $40 worth of cheap pot baked (haha) into brownies every month. It would be less if I could grow it, but I'll let someone else take that risk as long as it's illegal, besides, that's still cheap. I have a small brownie about every other evening and I have none of those problems.
So I'm now a 50 year-old who has still never smoked marijuana. But I use it, and it is costing the pharmaceutical companies a few hundred a month in lost business.
So don't discount the Big Pharma role in keeping it illegal. If I were them I would be scared, very scared.
Re:The more I learn about human (Score:3, Interesting)
"An addiction is an addiction is an addiction."
wrong, so I shufd assume the rest of your post is a spewed retread of many other myths regards addiction.
"Banning activities of any kind becasue a small percentage of the population has a problem with it is ALWAYS a bad idea "
and I was correct. surprise. with the added bonus that you total took what I said incorrectly. Did you actually read the post, or just scan the first sentence and them immediately start pound you keyboard with you meat hooks what frothing at the mouth? Or are you simple?
Since history is full of example where restricting something has curbed it's use, I'll just assume you are simple.
"Regulation and taxation to raise revenue to offer people with help for addiction is the proper way to address things like gambling and drugs.
WTF? so you didn't read my post? Not allowing it in the homes, or in common ares like grocery stores IS regulation.
Keep it in casinos and gambling establishments.
People make for few decisions then they think they do. I mean, sure you may 'think' about something, but the decsion you rach was determined before the thought bubbled to the top of your brain, as it where.
As I said in the post,m this is based on neurological science, not on a feeling, or a BS religious position. It is'in fact, quite the opposite then what I would have said 10 years ago.
When I thought every decision was unknown until thinking at the conscious level occurred. Turns out, I was wrong.
I am really looking forward to studies about peoples thinking process when they need to solve an out of bounds problem.
If it goes where it looks like it's going, things are going to get weird.