Outlook for online gambling in U.S. discussed at conference

Comment #7

time*treat — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:27:11 GMT

must have taken 18 months to secure their payoffs and figure out how to freeze out the smaller operators.

E-ville, dane-gerous, immoral behavior is suddenly not-so-bad ... um...

Comment #6

LckyLary — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:07:22 GMT

They sure take a long time to do it, 18 months.. I support online gaming if it is legitimate. Hopefully in Second Life they will also allow playing poker. My fear though would be, what if computers were on the other end controlling what cards are drawn? These games surely are drawn from a computerized deck, am I right? Just as for many good reasons you don't like computerized drawings, why all of a sudden are we in favor of computerized poker? The only way to do it is if it's a fair game (the ho... [ More ]

Comment #5

WIN D — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:33:05 GMT

http://www.world-lotteries.org/services/wto_antiguabarbuda.php

Comment #4

WIN D — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:06:02 GMT

Badger...

Now......... thats funny ! .......and true

Comment #3

Badger — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:32:30 GMT

AHA ! Now here is what I see them to be really saying.

(pre-non-gambling law) Online Gambling is evil. It ruins people's lives. People cannot be responsible for themselves, therefore we will make it illegal in order to protect them from themselves.

(post-gambling law) Well Online Gambling isn't all that bad (we can tax it) so we'll start a way of making it possible (we can tax it) so that the people, who cannot manage their own conduct (we can tax it) will be protected from making poo... [ More ]

Comment #2

gocart1 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:41:56 GMT

ok .....so when can i play EURO MILLIONS on line again ....

Comment #1

LANTERN — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:58:37 GMT

This does not mean that the state lotteries will allow people to do lottery gambling online, except only with themselves.

They might not want any competition, they might want to keep their monopoly.

Outlook for online gambling in U.S. discussed at conference

Lottery Post — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:28:00 GMT

On the heels of a House Judiciary Committee hearing on a bill proposing an independent study on the feasibility of legalizing and regulating online gambling, former Senator Alfonse D'Amato, chairman of Poker Players Alliance, said he expects the legalization of online poker in the United States within 18 months.

The panelists in the State of the Industry: Internet Gambling at the Crossroads keynote session at Global Gaming Expo (G2E) said pending sanctions by the World Trade Organization due... [ More ]