Taylor
Community Leader
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- #51
The penalty isn't for placing a bet. It's for a influential person in results having a vested, and perhaps manipulating, interest in the result other than winning.Whats more relaxing than a few beers and a bet, I lost two houses and two wives doing both.
Obviously peed off about the houses.
Another case of over reaction to a minor action, the penalties don't fit the crime imo.
The integrity of the game is bigger than a $50 bet. That's what they will argue they are protecting. It is also protecting the betting agencies from inside information taking them for a ride similar to insider trading.