The US government considers online gambling to be illegal. They recently seized millions of dollars from banks used to process payments to online poker players.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090713/ap_on_go_ot/us_online_poker_2
Even if the odds are good, if you factor in a chance that the Feds will take the winnings, I will put up with the travel, crowds(?), noise and smoke.
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--- On Wed, 7/15/09, mrrmi <tenplay@mail.com> wrote:
I checked out Casinomeister and saw a listing of 40-50 online casinos that passed their inspections. Under the RTG casinos, I tried out Bodog, which had several variations (single play, 3, 10 and 52 play) of 9/6 JoB machines. The paytables were identical to the best JoB machines I saw in Reno. Are the odds of winning at Bodog identical to a real casino like Harrah's? Of course you don't get the comps. But then you don't have to travel long distances, endure the crowds, noise and smoke, and can play anytime in your underwear if you wish. If the chances of winning are the same, why do so many people choose to play VP at real
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