South Florida Gambling
The spoof web site Not The L.A. Times linked gambling and the bailout with an article Obama urges bailout for 'responsible' gamblers.
You know, casinos kind of have a program like this in place already for high rollers: When a player loses, say $1 million, they clearly get comp rooms and meals, and often a 20 percent rebate.
And you can argue that gambling and the stock market really aren't that different.
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NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
