UW-Madison senior Will Temby, 22, an online poker player who considers it his part-time job, said while poker’s popularity may indeed breed more gambling addicts, these people probably would have become addicts of some sort anyway.
“I think it’s sort of a genetic disposition that some people have to become addicted to things,” he said. “I think that’s a shame, but people who gamble and play poker responsibly shouldn’t be punished by it.”