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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 6:58 am Post subject: Do you miss your slot machine? |
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Sometimes I am genuinely out of the loop and sometimes thats a good thing. |
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Hanson

Joined: 20 Oct 2004
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:19 am Post subject: |
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The first 15 minutes of the evening news had something like 6 segments about this tonight. I never realised what an important part of life this was to the average Korean.  |
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder how many foreigners here have actually gone into these establishments and how much money has been lost.
I've played a single game of video poker maybe 3 times in my life and have never been to Vegas.
Koreans are a highly addictive species - Internet, cigs, soju, etc. Legalizing gambling in Korea certainly would cause a major societal riff here with the economy in as bad shape as it is. |
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bellum99

Joined: 23 Jan 2003 Location: don't need to know
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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matthews_world wrote: |
I wonder how many foreigners here have actually gone into these establishments and how much money has been lost.
I've played a single game of video poker maybe 3 times in my life and have never been to Vegas.
Koreans are a highly addictive species - Internet, cigs, soju, etc. Legalizing gambling in Korea certainly would cause a major societal riff here with the economy in as bad shape as it is. |
People in every country spend their money on something....they don't save the money if you remove gambling...they just drink it away. I never feel sorry for anyone who loses their money through vice. |
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riverboy
Joined: 03 Jun 2003 Location: Incheon
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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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From the stats I've read, Koreans save far more money than Westerners. From my experience, I would tend to agree.
Video gambling is a huge problem in Canada. |
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