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Should in-state online gambling be legal?

Dec 26, 2011 4:50 PM

The Obama administration has cleared the way for states to legalize online poker and other forms of virtual gambling with the release of a new interpretation of the law.

The Justice Department opinion holds that the Wire Act of 1961 does not make it illegal for states to use the internet to sell lottery tickets to adults.

The Justice Department said that the “ordinary meaning of the phrase ‘sporting event or contest’ does not encompass lotteries,” which sparks a precedent in interpretation that could free up states to legalize other forms of virtual gambling.

The new decision would eliminate “almost every federal anti-gambling law that could apply to gaming that is legal under state laws,” Rose wrote on his blog.

If a state were to legalize intra-state gambling, “there is simply no federal law that could apply,” given the new decision, he said, according to the AP.

full article: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70857.html

Should in-state online gambling be legal?

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I don't see that gambling should be legal. And that includes the lottery.

Just my opinion.

mtm2 mtm2
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All online gambling should be legal. I'm not into it, but if you want to try your luck then who am I to say you can't? Same goes for the lottery, but I wouldn't consider that gambling. Lotteries are just a tax on people who can't do math.

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Since Indian casino's are allowed to exist, I see no reason why it should be illegal for everyone else to have gaming legalized anywhere. I personally think most gambling is stupid, but, it would make a much better form of tax collection than Income tax.

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