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Nevertheless, commercial gambling operators have always needed a license in the US, from one of the US states, to offer gambling to the public.

No internet gambling site has ever obtained a license from any US state to offer gambling here.

From that perspective, there's nothing unusual or revolutionary about HR4411. It simply restates what's always been the law in the US - you must have a license from the state to offer games to the public.

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I wasn't trying to show that there was anything revolutionary about it. Far from it. I was actually trying to put it in historical context to show that many societies and cultures have had similar debates about gambling. What decisions they make are a reflection of their culture and worldview, more so than a reflection of gambling itself. That is, gambling is culturally constructed rather than an intrinsic entity.