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The Rev. James B. Butler of the California Coalition Against Gambling Expansion questions the need to legalize Internet poker:
During the past several years, tribal opposition stopped Internet poker, and now it seems that their united support will pass it. All but one major tribe with a casino announced Tuesday they had reached agreement on an Internet poker bill. It makes one wonder whose “best interest” is the Legislature representing – sovereign tribes or the people of California? If the state decided to run its own Internet poker sites and eliminate the other gambling interests, would the tribes and other interests think online poker is still a good idea? Would the Legislature approve it if the tribes said “no”? It is a question worth asking. Californians deserve answers to all these questions before the Legislature implements the largest one-time expansion of gambling in state history, and we all reap the destructive consequences of that dramatic action.Get the Story:
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