TheMathProf
07-04-2007, 12:18 PM
So I'm listening to my favorite sports talk radio segment out here in a Seattle suburb, and they do this particular segment called "In the News" that normally is more than a bit tongue-in-cheek. On yesterday's show, they made a reference to this article relating to how one British pub will get around the new smoking ban (http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007290443,00.html). In short, the British pub has been announced to be an embassy for Redonda, and therefore, it has some kind of diplomatic immunity, a term that I know we also use a lot here stateside.
So here's the crazy idea: in Washington state, as I understand it, there's some felony language with regards to online gambling. (Yes, I know nothing has happened and probably never will.) Is there any way that, say, an embassy to the tiny nation of Antigua could provide a viable workaround to those places where the law says that online gambling is illegal?
Or am I completely off my rocker?
So here's the crazy idea: in Washington state, as I understand it, there's some felony language with regards to online gambling. (Yes, I know nothing has happened and probably never will.) Is there any way that, say, an embassy to the tiny nation of Antigua could provide a viable workaround to those places where the law says that online gambling is illegal?
Or am I completely off my rocker?