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Say Anything: Congress To Vote On Internet Gambling This Summer

  • caseydk · 3 years ago
    Did you see this one from Washington state?

    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003062386_danny15.html

    The first casualty in the state's war on Internet gambling is a local Web site where nobody was actually doing any gambling.

    What a Bellingham man did on his site was write about online gambling. He reviewed Internet casinos. He had links to them, and ran ads by them. He fancied himself a guide to an uncharted frontier, even compiling a list of "rogue casinos" that had bilked gamblers.

    All that, says the state -- the ads, the linking, even the discussing -- violates a new state law barring online wagering or using the Internet to transmit "gambling information."
  • Brandon · 3 years ago
    All driven by Christian Socialists.

    *sigh*
  • Andrew · 3 years ago
    Sigh, indeed. All the problems that need to be addressed in this country, and people are worried about what adults do with thier own money.
  • robert108 · 3 years ago
    Christian Socialists? That's a new one for the lefties to smear, I guess.
  • Natty Dark · 3 years ago
    They are more than happy to tax the winnings, whether it be the 40ish percent they rake from the big winners or forcing casinos and gambling sites to report significant payouts and mandating that we report it as taxable income.

    I'll bet they want to tax the lottery tickets beforehand too. That way they can tax it twice.

    Talk about the lottery being a stupid tax ...
  • Rob B. · 3 years ago
    The main reason you see a push against this is because of Vegas. My mom's company work with security aspects of the Gaming industry and they really hate that people don't have to come to thier casinos in order to gamble.

    The second is because it's online and hosted off shore it's evading taxes that they can place on in casino winnings.

    It's the age old "follow the money" angle.
  • Dave · 3 years ago
    Remember, this is coming from the party that supports (apparently ostensibly) limited government.
  • glenn mcclurg · 3 years ago
    been playing with same sportsbook for 7 years bet on sports every day made lots of money cars and house paid for so take your law and stick it
  • robert108 · 3 years ago
    Dave: I'll agree with you on one thing: We should severely limit the social spending and attempts at social engineering.