Wed, 12 Jul 2006

House Backs Crackdown on Gambling on Internet

We've got troops deployed in two countries as occupation armies, the economy's sputtering along in a "jobless recovery", there's a madman with nukes running loose in northern Asia and another one who really wants nukes in the Middle East. And what does our Congress find time to debate and ban?

Playing poker over the Internet.

Methinks they could use a bit of historical perspective.

The crackdown on Internet wagering would ban not only sports bets but also online poker and other games.

(link) [New York Times]

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On 7/13/2006 04:56:48
Bjorngrímnir wrote

On 7/16/2006 21:41:17
Walter Jeffries wrote

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