washingtonpost.com — Placing bets over the Internet was effectively criminalized by the federal government yesterday, as lawmakers work to eliminate an activity enjoyed by as many as 23 million Americans who wagered an estimated $6 billion last year.
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sizzorOct 14, 2006
They had to do this, cuz gambling is illegal, except for scratch offs, quick pulls, Indian Casinos, the stock market, mega millions, super lotto, megabucks, megamillions, Powerball, horse racing, jai lai, dog racing, harness racing, bingo...<a class="user" href="http://www.sizzor.net">http://www.sizzor.net</a>
loveandrocketsOct 15, 2006
Last night my back wouldn't let me transfer funds between accounts to a betting site. That's how they enforce it, make it illegal for the banks to to so. There will be a way to send money to an offshore account, and then log in to betting establishments. f**king government.
gaderOct 15, 2006
This administration and the entire congress should be f**king criminalized.
serraOct 15, 2006
Yet another way that the government has figured out how to f**k us... great.
dhughesOct 15, 2006
Well if "loosing there" biggest customer means losing their biggest customer then I guess the United States is no longer the biggest customer of Internet gambling websites. What do I know, I bet people in Hong Kong, the Middle East and Europeans don't gamble much.
Common_Sense0_oOct 15, 2006
I think this is a great idea, because online gambling just ruins stupid people. I know a pot head loser who won about $20,000 from online poker and the guy he beat, who probably was a pot head loser also, said he was going to have to sell his house and his wife was probably going to divorce him for his stupidity in losing so much moneyAlso what is stoping people from using paypal or these gambling sites from creating their own paypal like site to act as a go between. The law does not say banks cannot do business with a paypal like business that does business with gambling sites.
aropeOct 24, 2006
What ever happened to the Conservatives die hard hold on Adam Smith's invisible hand and not messing with big business, Seems to me these days they only regulate companies that don't put enough campaign money in their pockets. This kind of regulation goes against all that conservative neo-classical economic rhetoric they spend so much energy on, and it takes away the biggest waste of time i have.
jackpotcityMar 18, 2008
I suspect that there are several agendas at work here. It has been interesting to see this whole saga play out, but I don't believe that we are really closer to a final resolution. This is still going to take a while to get sorted out. Even Germany and France, until recently, went against EU policy and decided to ban online gambling companies altogether - but the state run monopolies seemed to remain in operation.
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