The point is that they (and others) think the bill will not be effective at stopping US players from gambling online. And I, for one, think they are right. Obviously it is effectively crushing the stock values of these publically traded companies, and completely f*&#ing with the industry at large, I’m not an idiot. I realize that.
Well I agree that US players may continue to play online but that´s only half a victory. It´s no good if they will find shady avenues to keep playing but we can´t refer them anymore and the whole business will undergo a consolidation on a large scale. I can hardly remember that I´ve ever seen multi billion dollar companies getting wiped off the map like that.
Maybe the reappropriation of businesses by the state in former communist countries would compare.