Senate Vote to Ban Internet Gambling!!

[casheasy]

It passed trhough committee easily. DO NOT FRET!!!!
Books have alternative means to fund accounts (Shadow companies, etc).
The gov't can't stop you from visiting a website.

It'll be OK.

Still, I would like to kill every fucker that votes against MY freedom. Here's a question I ask whenever I get to talk to a state or local politician. When's the last time I woke up and had MORE freedom than I did the day before????? Every day, it seems like something I used to be able to do, I can no longer. Think about it!!

[BettorsChat]

Gambling Bill Passes

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - A Senate committee on Thursday voted to outlaw credit-card payments to Internet casinos, in a move designed to choke the offshore gambling sites that draw billions of dollars from U.S. customers.

The Senate Banking Committee unanimously approved the bill in a brief session with no debate, a marked contrast to the extended, acrimonious debates in the House of Representatives before that body approved a similar bill last month.

Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby said online casinos evade the reach of U.S. states that typically have regulated "bricks and mortar" gambling operations, requiring the federal government to step in. Internet casinos encourage pathological gambling and enable children to participate, he said.

"While gambling has always been subject to state regulation and should remain so, there is no way for the states to effectively control the reach of the Internet at this time," Shelby said.

Most Internet gambling is already illegal under U.S. and state laws, but those laws have little power over the 1,800 offshore gambling sites that are expected to take in $2 billion from residents this year.

Lawmakers have instead sought to prevent credit-card companies and payment systems such as PayPal to block money transfers to online gambling sites. Credit-card issuers, stung by disputed charges, now voluntarily block roughly four out of five online gambling payments.

Violators would face fines and up to 5 years in prison, in contrast to the House version that contains no criminal penalties.

The bill would not apply to horse racing, dog racing or other remote-betting operations already approved by states and American Indian tribes.

Casino operator MGM Mirage (nyse: MGG - news - people) had sought to develop an online casino that could check visitors' ages and locations to ensure they complied with state regulations, but recently abandoned the effort, citing an uncertain legal climate.

[SustainDan]

Hmm So Looks Like Western Union Is Still Available As An Alternative Interesting... Considering Thats How I Fund My Account And They Dont Even Ask For Age Verification I Mean My Little Nephew GOt Caught Gambling Through Western Union Onto Sportsbook.com AND HES 16!!

[savage1]

I wonder what percentage of those "pious" members of the House and Senate have ever taken an illegal payoff from a big corporation or received some kind of special favor for voting on legislation favorable to latter-probably over 90%.
And yet these self-righteous bastards have the audacity to think they they have the right to tell us what we can and cannot do.