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| Dr. Noah | May 31 2005, 08:55 AM Post #31 |
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A few do, but I think most are more worried about getting reelected than anything else. |
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| Hoss | May 31 2005, 08:59 AM Post #32 |
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I am NOT a Libertarian. I am completely in favor of restrictions on and/or banning of the following:
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| Dr. Noah | May 31 2005, 09:05 AM Post #33 |
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Well the gambling and hard liquor would for sure. I thought you were a poker player.
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| Fesarius | May 31 2005, 09:06 AM Post #34 |
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38957, I thought it best to let you defend yourself against those horrible accusations leveled against you by Dr. Noah.
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Noah, I misunderstood you--sorry. I thought you were speaking only of the current President and his entourage. |
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| Hoss | May 31 2005, 09:06 AM Post #35 |
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Any good poker player (and California Attorney General) will tell you that poker ain't gamblin. |
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| Fesarius | May 31 2005, 09:07 AM Post #36 |
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| Hoss | May 31 2005, 09:08 AM Post #37 |
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Anyway, I am against poker casinos in Texas. I am in favor of home games. Not everyone can play poker responsibly and I don't want to see it rampant in my State. I would never play poker with my family's grocery money, but there are many that will. And, I'll take this money away from them quite consistently. BTW, i won $37.50 playing pot limit hold 'em Friday night. |
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| Dr. Noah | May 31 2005, 09:09 AM Post #38 |
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How do you keep "home games" from getting out of hand? |
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| Hoss | May 31 2005, 09:10 AM Post #39 |
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The people that I play with don't get out of hand. If they did, I would play poker with them. Also, we don't play for that much money. The most that anyone has lost in a game that I play in has been about $60. If that is a lot, you shouldn't be playing poker with it. |
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| Dr. Noah | May 31 2005, 09:13 AM Post #40 |
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I meant if you're going to outlaw gambling, how would you keep home games from getting out of hand? Seems like if you made gambling illegal you'd end up with speakeasys again. |
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| Hoss | May 31 2005, 09:21 AM Post #41 |
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Home games are not illegal. Only games in which one party has an unfair advantage, as the house does in a casino. You can have a home game or tournament, but the host (or anybody else) cannot have a chance to make more money than anyone else from the event. No cover, no rake, no selling drinks, no cut of the prizes, just fair poker. That is acceptable to me, but no casinos. This is the current law in Texas. |
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| Fesarius | May 31 2005, 09:23 AM Post #42 |
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38957, I will admit that I found it difficult and somewhat disheartening when I took much money from my friends while in High School. We had a rule, however--the big winner of the evening (or early morning, since we frequently played until the wee hours of the morning) took everyone else out to eat breakfast the next day. |
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| Dr. Noah | May 31 2005, 09:24 AM Post #43 |
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Sounds reasonable. Just curious. |
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| Fesarius | May 31 2005, 09:33 AM Post #44 |
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Are the winnings from Poker tax deductable? |
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| Hoss | May 31 2005, 09:43 AM Post #45 |
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My winnings will probably never be significant enough to report on my income tax return. BTW, California has legal poker casinos. It was ruled that Poker is a game and not gambling. There are Texas politicians who want to legalize gambling to pay for schools. I want to know where the lottery money went. It was s'pose to pay for schools. I am opposed to legalized gambling. I think we will pay a much higher price societally than what we would gain through education. |
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