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Message: [QUOTE="burba, post: 7273322, member: 1031230"] I keep questioning how much of this is really about player protection and how much is about governments wanting control and tax money. Some regulation is clearly good—fund security, fair games, basic safeguards—but a lot of it seems to hurt liquidity and limit choices. High licensing costs and ring-fenced markets push smaller rooms out and reduce traffic, which makes games worse for players. When sites leave certain countries, it’s usually not because poker is unsafe, but because regulation makes it unprofitable. Players don’t stop playing—they just move to grey markets or find workarounds. Poker isn’t going anywhere, but if regulation goes too far, it risks pushing players away instead of protecting them. [/QUOTE]