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correct...money probably had a lot more to do with it than good intentions as is usually the case with out government.Let's not forget it was plenty of dems and repubs who crafted the law and presented it to the president.I for one believe gambling is a scourge on the nation. There's no way to be sure of age when it's done online. We don't allow folks to internet / mail order alcohol. Gambling is now the same way.

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The problem isn't that the casino sites will still keep operations going. They definitely will because they knew that they had customers in the US playing illegally and they didn't care then. PartyPoker even put it in their prospectus when they went public.The problem is that the sites that make transactions to these sites currently possible, firepay, neteller, etc. won't do business in the US anymore because they were on the legal side of things because they were just a middle man sending money from one account to another. Now they're illegal so those companies will stop transactions and then most likely another site will come along that will do business illegally and send to the casinosAnd no I don't think this has anything to do with brick and mortar casinos lobbying for this. They're not losing money to these sites. The only way they can benefit from it actually is if there is a public backlash to this and then online gambling is legalized which allows harrahs and the rest to create their own online casinos.

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once again...if you were a neteller customer you would have received a letter from them stating that they aren't making any transactions to or from casinos if the end user is in the USA. They are complying with the regulations.

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Why'd they ban online gambling ...It's due to money, yes. But not because they are protecting casinos profits.Casinos produce serious income for state and local governments because they reside inside their jurisdiction. They are heavily taxed and regulated on their income and operations.Online gambling doesn't need to reside inside the United States. Case and point the sites based in London. Therefore, the US has no jurisdiction for taxation purposes. The US can't sue or take the defendants to court because the warrants are meaningless.Do you think the state of Nevada and New Jersey, as well as others, are willing to give up on millions of dollars in gambling income from casinos to online sites? If you were a Senator or Congressman of that state, would you want the people living in your state paying higher taxes or dealing with decreased funding of services (schools, roads, etc)?

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In a personal opinion I believe that gambling should be free. I mean, not be condemned as they are. I think they are a source of earning extra money never hurt anyone. I think it also indirectly a source of employment. If they have strict laws for those under the gambling are not offensive to society. I in my online blackjack game in almost HeraCasino.com and have fun and earn extra money. I do not see how bad it got that and I hope the law will be removed.

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