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Old 08-14-2011, 01:51 PM  
epitome
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States looking into online gambling to plug budget holes

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/14/bu...e.html?_r=1&hp

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It?s an idea gaining currency around the country: virtual gambling as part of the antidote to local budget woes. The District of Columbia is the first to legalize it, while Iowa is studying it, and bills are pending in places like California and Massachusetts.

But the states may run into trouble with the Justice Department, which has been cracking down on all forms of Internet gambling. And their efforts have given rise to critics who say legalized online gambling will promote addictive wagering and lead to personal debt troubles.
I never understood why the government was so against online gambling other than it'd piss off their corporate overloads in the gambling biz.
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