I think an investigation into Reid's involvement should be very interesting. It should be paramount in finding out any of these politicos who were "on the take" and they should be ousted from any office they occupy-either
Dems or Republicans...ALL should go when shown to be involved in this payola, and we should not keep criminals in office any longer.

"You click your mouse; you lose your house." . This is a gross exageration. If it were true people would be losing their homes in Vegas and Atlantic City. The bottom line is if you find something that is fun there is bound to be some anal screw in Washington that will try to keep you from doing it (unless they can line their own pockets). The government is missing out on on-line gambling. People are going to do it so why not profir through taxes? It is big brother wanting to control everything. Another example of why the world hates the U.S. more and more every day. It isn't anything you or I do, it is the people in Washington.

amen brother....agree with you 100%...just another example of idiot politicians trying to show that they're actually doing something....passing a law that couldn't get passed on it's own so they secretly attach it to a piece of unrelated legislation that they know will pass....that's the truly sickening part, the way the law got passed....the fact that there isn't more uproar about this shows just how complacent the american public is....nobody cares

is anybody else out there sick and tired of the US govt telling its citizens how to spend its money??? telling us what is good and/or bad for us??? using their hypocritical, moral superiority and self righteousness to pass judgment on what we do in our free time?? this whole thing is a typical disgusting display of what is wrong with the US govt and why the rest of the world hates our guts...

..quite frankly i can't blame them.....

The problem with all these laws is that they do not address personal responsibility. If a person is a compulsive gambler, THEY need to seek help to curb their situation. A law on the books means nothing to someone who is addicted to anything. By enacting these kind of laws, you are taking away a source of entertainment for people that gamble responsibility and are creating an unsafe black market that attracts unsavory gaming companies. If they really cared about the people they say they are "saving from themselves" they would create a regulated online gaming environment,mandate a certain of proceeds go to help problems gamblers and also let companies operate from the US. I seriously doubt this will happen anytime soon. The US is too prohibition happy.

i am a gambler who has lost thousands and owe to the play with al wonder if im off the hook?

Once again the government passes a piece of paternalistic legislation under the guise of it being better for the average citizen. Reality is that with most if not all of the online betting sites going offshore the government couldn't get a piece of the action through taxes. They responded by trying to destroy it all together. We have a record deficit and these knuckleheads want to get rid of a potential revenue source of billions of dollars. No wonder Social Security is nearly bankrupt. We elect these idiots. We can vote them out!

blog entries like this make me wonder. the blog entries i like to read typically tie up the story or ramblings of the writer into a definitive meaningful point....