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Online casinos are under attack in the United States, again; big surprises.  Most of the country has been moved to support the idea of regulating online casinos, giving individual citizens their constitutional right to choose how to spend there money and enjoy their pastime.  As this is the United States there are groups that opposed the regulation of online casinos.  Unfortunately these groups have resorted to spreading unfounded myths about the social ills that would be caused by legalizing and regulating online casinos in the United States.

The Christian right has taken a rather unchristian stance against online casinos.  The Christian news site Onenewsnow.com recently published the ranting of anti-gambling extremists as if they were the words of a qualified source.  According to the report, people playing at online casinos are switching from playing the stock market to “investing their money in something that promises even less return: Internet gambling.”

This ‘version of the truth’ is an attempt on the part of religious groups, who have long opposed online casinos, to explain the phenomenal growth of in popularity enjoyed by online casinos in recent years.  Social commentator Rick Wilson took issue with the wording from the report.  He said to use the word “investing” implies that people spending their money on gambling entertainment are also using vacations and movies as an investment plan.

Still the attacks continue.  Tom Grey of Stop Predatory Gambling labeled online casino operators as scavengers.  He also said that online casinos prey on people desperate for a financial miracle. Again, Wilson disagrees.

“Most players say they'd love to win a jackpot, but they are well aware the odds are against them,” continued Wilson. 

“Very few think they'll win, but they enjoy playing and like the idea they have a shot, however improbable.”

 

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