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Good comments here.

This politician (and presumably his colleagues sponsoring this Bill without doing their own homework) ignores the factual evidence that the various opinion polls are increasingly throwing up: that a significant number of Americans - the people who put him in power - do not want online gambling outlawed.

I hope this guy reads the recent WSJ debate between Leach and Carruthers.

And he seems to be turning a blind eye to the hypocrisy of allowing some forms of Internet betting but not others, all the while pontificating about the dangers of Internet betting to the morality of US citizens.

QUOTE: So in essence, he just gave all of us the solution - it needs to be licensed and regulated within the US. Unfortunately for people like this, it's just a lot easier to try and ban something and drive it underground instead of being progressive and regulate it. UNQUOTE

This talk of depriving individual states of power is so much twaddle imo - look at the Nevada situation - a couple of years back they were all set to move toward regulating online gambling until the D o J made a fuss and they decided to hold on it. Every time a progressive state moves in the direction of regulation there's another fuss from the DoJ.

Many of the big groups have repeatedly stressed their preparedness to be regulated and pay taxes in American states, because big business prefers to be above board in a legal sense.

By taking the regulation route the States could bring on major, reputable, safe and experienced American brands to the benefit of the player and the industry, especially if a reasonable tax regime was imposed.

I think the antipathy to these latest banning moves is starting to gather momentum - there are some interesting times ahead as it develops.