Steve Wynn: Outlawing online poker is like alcohol prohibition
Steve Wynn had some interesting things to say about Sheldon Adelson's efforts to stop Internet gambling in the U.S.
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“On the other hand, playing poker is America, and outlawing poker is like the Volstead Act where they outlawed beer,” Wynn told reporters in the Wynn Las Vegas atrium following the unveiling of two floral sculptures designed by Preston Bailey.
Wynn said you can outlaw online gaming but “people are going to do it anyway.” A recent survey by H2 Gambling Capital found illegal online gambling generated $2.6 billion last year in the United States.
“I think it’s questionable whether Sheldon will be able to stop it, which is not to say he is wrong,” Wynn said. “I just think this sort of thing has a life of its own. I‘m neither a proponent nor opponent of it. I’m an observer of this process and the chairman of a publicly traded company that is required to pay attention to such things.”
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