Poker and the Stock Market
Can you really tell the difference between online poker and the stock market? One’s a game and the other is business, you say?
I’m not so sure. After examining both, I’ve come to one inevitable conclusion: both are gambling, both are government approved and regulated gambling, but only one seems to have the moral acceptance of society in general.
It’s really a strange little arrangement. Stock market gurus tell their clients where to invest their money, and a variety of factors, luck included, determine which portfolios make money hand over fist. Meanwhile, in the casino, a dealer hands out cards to the poker players at the table, and though a variety of factors, luck included, they make or break the bank.
I think if we approached gambling with the same logic we applied to the stock market (again, gambling with company’s potential futures), there’d be less of a stigma attached to casinos, which are seen as seedy and fit only for certain states and cities.
If they were to become more morally acceptable, I think that, as is the case with the stock market, we see even more money - and more socially acceptable money - being made for society as a whole.
