online gambling prohibition bill to be introduced next week(crosspost)

[Joe Tall]

For all of you in the U.S. that may want to look into this matter:

Post by Wynton in the Legislation forum.

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Violators would be subject to up to five years in prison.

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I hope this is going to be a federal crime. I hear the fed pens are better.

Do you think they will let us have a deck of cards in prison? Could be a fish tank if this bill is passed!

[LesJ]

<<"The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act is vital to protect our children and communities from the problems of addiction, crime, bankruptcy and family difficulties that come from gambling." >>>

This line from the second article is absolutely sickening. That just what we need, our government to spend more time and energy saving us from ourselves.

I am disgusted!
Les

[FoxVR6]

God I hate government.

[xadrez]

[censored] the religious right

[threeonefour]

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fwiw this is kind of a bipartisan thing. i agree with you but i would go further and say [censored] all the politicians out there who think people can't make decisions for themselves. [censored] anyone who doesn't believe people should be able to spend and invest their money as they please.

so [censored] the democrats, [censored] the republicans, [censored] this gambling bill

[Tom Bayes]

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<<"The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act is vital to protect our children and communities from the problems of addiction, crime, bankruptcy and family difficulties that come from gambling." >>>

This line from the second article is absolutely sickening. That just what we need, our government to spend more time and energy saving us from ourselves.

I am disgusted!
Les

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I wonder if these legislators who are so interested in saving me from PokerStars are going to go after all the other various forms of gambling that are legal in certain states/localities that are big revenue sources: riverboats, Indian reservations casinos, horse racing, dog tracks, and especially ****ing Lotto. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[derosnec]

Good, now maybe I can do something productive with my time.

[Joe Tall]

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Violators would be subject to up to five years in prison.

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I hope this is going to be a federal crime. I hear the fed pens are better.

Do you think they will let us have a deck of cards in prison? Could be a fish tank if this bill is passed!

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Man, I love the Zoo.

[pokerjoker]

Heres my updated view on the matter.

95% of elected representives are about 2 things
1. money
2. power

The ammount of money that goes overseas due to rake is far less than the ammount that changes hands and can be taxed.

So the money is in favor of not passing the bill.

The reason the bill is being introduced is power. The representives that vote for it know it wont be passed. They just wanna earn favor from their hardcore christian states by saying they are attempting to solve the "problem".

This is why it hasn't passed before and why it won't pass now.