Priors do count they have laws called 3 strikes and career criminal, and for the people who says its only gambling??? What about the victims of gambling??? Those that are addicted to it, those that get beat up or killed for not paying a debt back, gambling and loansharks go hand and hand, the victims is the ones u should be worried about, not these guys, going to jail is a part of the job
Victims of gambling? Are they like the victims of fast food, beer, cigs, the plethora of everyday decisions that many of us make because this is a free country that might not be good for us? God forbid people make ill advised decisions- they are not victims of anything but their limited mental capacity.
If you really feel this way- do you think EVERY state governor should go to prison for feeding this horrific gambling addiction (ie lottery, power ball, legalized gambling insitutions)