Analysts say online gambling law a bad idea

Comment #13

orangeman — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 01:50:35 GMT

We may be worried about nothing. Much like a search warrant, legislation has to be very specific to be effective. In other words, there was NO INTERNET at the time the law was written and, as far as I can tell, on-line wagering on lottery numbers is not mentioned in this specific piece of legislation. If memory serves, the first state lottery began in New Hampshire in 1964. Who would envision that anyone would create something like the INTERNET and let people wager on every state drawing off... [ More ]

Comment #12

thinreality — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:52:58 GMT

Brilliant.

Comment #11

LOTTOMIKE — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:19:43 GMT

i agree.its getting out of hand.its like we are being baby sitted by the government.

Comment #10

Jimiam — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:10:38 GMT

Those analyst can say anything they like. I really not a gambler, I don't play poker or casino. Only play lotto once in a while. I just don't like how they think they can tell me what I can do while I sit at my computer. I realize things are worse in other countries, but give it time and the way thing look like they're heading. It can get very much worse. Especially, after 911, and all this trade off of liberties to protect me from this boogie man. And I'm not sure sometimes I even believe some... [ More ]

Comment #9

Badger — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 23:00:21 GMT

Do our politicians now wear brown shirts

Comment #8

nc6string — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:42:09 GMT

I would hate Lottery Post being shut down because of this ridiculous law.

No worries, the Lottery is legal in almost every state.

Comment #7

bellyache — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:39:46 GMT

I hope this doesn't effect this site. I would hate Lottery Post being shut down because of this ridiculous law.

Comment #6

takeitez — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:27:47 GMT

From the article;

The people who are pushing this ban in Congress ... try to argue these sites prey on children, which is totally ridiculous, he said. If your kid has access to your checking account or credit card and is making transfers to off-shore accounts across the world, Internet gambling is the least of your worries.

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Comment #5

Three2001 — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:23:14 GMT

What happened to freedom of the press in Washington?

If a gambling website was based in Nevada, Louisiana, et al, would it be legal then

Comment #4

nc6string — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:05:36 GMT

There has been legal Internet gambling for years, encouraged by Congress. Everytime you take money and buy 100 shares of any publicly traded company through an online broker, you are gambling, pure and simple. If you don't work at the company, you have absolutely no control over whether the value of the company's shares go up or down, so to me, that's no 'investment', it's a gamble, hope that the stock will rise, against fear it will not go down. You can no more control the outcome of the fut... [ More ]

Comment #3

orangeman — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:13:05 GMT

This issue will probably make it to the Supreme Court.

Orangeman

Comment #2

tony95 — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 16:13:53 GMT

The state of Washington would lose this if taken to the supreme court.

Comment #1

Todd — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 15:29:42 GMT

For me, the ultimate measure of how bad this law is can be summed up by what has taken place in Washington State:

The law in Washington is so strict, he says, it has become a crime to even write about gambling.

The Seattle Times was told it would have to discontinue its poker column because it was now illegal, Balko said.

In addition, several gambling publications have now canceled subscriptions to Washington State residents.

So now people cannot even write about something. This i... [ More ]

Analysts say online gambling law a bad idea

Lottery Post — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 12:36:00 GMT

'Moral crusade ... is wrong for about 1,000 reasons'

Yesterday, the Department of Justice [DOJ] announced charges against 11 individuals and four companies accused of taking sports bets from U.S. residents in the $12 billion a year online gambling industry.

The charges focused on the persons and companies that supported BetonSports PLC, a U.K. incorporated, publicly traded company and popular Internet sportsbook that claims to have 1.2 million registered users.

The view of the DOJ is a... [ More ]