Doug -
I don't think the casual player will even know this law was ever passed.
I mean how does a casual player start playing online?
In my case 10 years ago, a friend saw an ad for globalcasino and we wanted to bet the Vikings that monday night, so we signed up and used a credit card. We had fun with it for about a year till globalcasino closed down. Since they often mis timed college football games, I left with much more money than the small amount I lost when they were closed down for operating in PA and not Costa Rica.
Anyways, the casual player starts playing online due to a magazine ad, a friend, a banner, etc... These are not going away. Some places might stop taking them, but there will always be people happy to take dollars.
When the casual player gets to the sportsbook, they sign up and they deposit by whatever way the book recommends. 10 years ago it was cc. 8 years ago paypal. Now neteller. If neteller goes away, books will recommend swiftpay or moneybookers, or some kind of prepaid phone card, etc. The bottom line is the casual player who goes to one book will use whatever method they tell him to use. They have never heard of the conveniences of neteller.
If anything, I think the player who leaves is the one who makes a lot of his profit from Neteller and line shopping. Along those lines, I accepted a job offer today. Would I have not done so if there was no crack down on gaming? I don't know as it was a very good offer. Was the crackdown in the back of my mind as I decided to aloquate the majority of my time to a new job rather than gaming? Of course it was.
Sean
I don't think the casual player will even know this law was ever passed.
I mean how does a casual player start playing online?
In my case 10 years ago, a friend saw an ad for globalcasino and we wanted to bet the Vikings that monday night, so we signed up and used a credit card. We had fun with it for about a year till globalcasino closed down. Since they often mis timed college football games, I left with much more money than the small amount I lost when they were closed down for operating in PA and not Costa Rica.
Anyways, the casual player starts playing online due to a magazine ad, a friend, a banner, etc... These are not going away. Some places might stop taking them, but there will always be people happy to take dollars.
When the casual player gets to the sportsbook, they sign up and they deposit by whatever way the book recommends. 10 years ago it was cc. 8 years ago paypal. Now neteller. If neteller goes away, books will recommend swiftpay or moneybookers, or some kind of prepaid phone card, etc. The bottom line is the casual player who goes to one book will use whatever method they tell him to use. They have never heard of the conveniences of neteller.
If anything, I think the player who leaves is the one who makes a lot of his profit from Neteller and line shopping. Along those lines, I accepted a job offer today. Would I have not done so if there was no crack down on gaming? I don't know as it was a very good offer. Was the crackdown in the back of my mind as I decided to aloquate the majority of my time to a new job rather than gaming? Of course it was.
Sean
