PokerStars pro debates 'morality' of online poker regulation on CNBC

[The Buzz]

ICYMI . . . PokerStars Pro Jason Somerville was live, in-studio with CNBC's "Power Lunch" earlier this week to debate the pros and cons of legalizing and regulating online poker in the U.S., going back-and-forth with Rev. James Butler from the California Coalition Against Gambling Expansion.

"I personally have lost tens of thousands of dollars on unregulated online poker sites that have just vanished in the middle of the night," Somerville said. "I think it's the government's responsibility to tax and regulate it."

But James Butler, executive director of the California Coalition Against Gambling Expansion, argues there could really be an economic loss when problems he's seen associated with gambling — such as crime, unemployment and bankruptcies — are accounted for.

"If they truly are arguing that we need to protect these people from themselves, then the state of California needs to say, 'We're going to enforce the regulations we have and close these sites,'" Butler said

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[TheGooner]

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[pokeraussie]

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