its sad for me to report but H.R 5767 was defeated in committee by a tie vote. This bill would have changed the current ban on funding online poker sites through U.S. banks.
I’m a big poker fan and love playing. Who the hell are those people to tell me how I spend my money? One of the big arguments was that they wanted to protected teenagers and children from the ills of gambling? Well, as George Carlin once said, “F*** the children”. Shouldn’t parents be the ones protecting them?
Oh, and our “wonderful” local rep, Brad Miller, voted against it. Well, Brad….F*** you too!
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