Reminds me of Napster

[Knapper32927]

Remember back when Napster first started out, people were trading songs for free online, and everyone in the music industry went ape? They started lawsuits, sent threats to kids, called them thieves, etc.
I always wondered why the guys in the music industry didn't start a web site of their own, selling songs for .50 cents a piece...they would have made billions.

Same with poker. Some people think that U.S. Casinos are part of the lobby to ban online poker, because they feel that they are losing money to it. It's not true, I wouldn't gamble in Vegas anyway because I live too far away. The local poker rooms in my area are not really 'local' anyway. I like to have a few drinks when I play, and so I'd rather not drive.

Why wouldn't the American Casino's fight to keep online poker legal, and open their own poker sites? BinonsHorshoePoker.com, or MGMGrandpoker.com. They could set up a great poker room online, send you ..even if you a buck send it to you via PayPal or a check...they would make billions!!@ People like me who don't travel to casino towns would play at Binions site well before I every played at an off-shore site.

I just don't get it - if I owned a Casino in Vegas, I'd be fighting tooth and nail to keep it legal and have my own poker room online. Imagine it, taking a rake with no dealer to pay, no table to maintain.....Oh well, wish in one hand I guess...

[nb1961]

In my opinion they want the whole pie not just a slice, which is why they are happy to see the big competition taken out by your government while payment processing is still illegal in the US.

Now they can advise and encourage the US government to change the law open up the market with their "help" and "expertise" and sit nicely at the top of the heap and rake in more cash. How many years will it be before the world leader in online poker is allowed back into the US? Without the right deal or partnership with a US operator I would think hell will freeze over first.