The government sells, and makes profits from, lottery tickets – an extremely random, game-of-change, nonsense form of gambling in which many people spend a lot of money – and most of them are from lower income groups. It is mostly the lower classes who purchase lottery tickets. It’s back-door taxation.
Poker, on the other hand, is a game of skill and practiced by a demographic who have expendable income and can afford to gamble. What is the problem with advertising that? It’s a legitimate contest of skill – You can compare it to golf masters who pay a lot of money to enter a golf tournament and get the chance to win a huge amount of money. How is poker any different, except the players are sitting down?
– Both pay an fee to enter the tournament
– Both play with the hopes of being the big winner at the end.
– Both are games of skill.
How the hell is poker different? Even if other casino games are questionable, poker and poker tournaments are as legitimate as any other sport.
The hypocrisy of it is just mind blowing and unbelievable frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruuurustrating. GRRRRRRRRRR!
Jeff.. Very simple and to the point. :p You took the words right out of my mouth.