U.S. House Clears Anti-Internet Gambling Bill 283
matr0x_x writes "The U.S. has just moved one step closer to banning all Internet gambling sites when the US House of Representatives cleared an anti-Internet gambling bill yesterday. The bill is against a World Trade Organization ruling last August that stated the US must not block online gambling sites based overseas." From the article: " The bill, cleared by voice vote in the House Financial Services Committee, would prohibit a gambling business from accepting credit cards, checks, wire transfers and electronic funds transfers in illegal gambling transactions. Unlawful gambling, under the legislation, would include placing bets on online poker sites, for example, and any other online wager made or received in a place where such a bet is illegal under federal or state law."
FINALLY.... (Score:1, Funny)
Middle-Earth Bowl 2006 (Score:5, Funny)
Gimme 10 G's on the Shire Hobbits in the 3rd [movie].
All forms of gambling? (Score:5, Funny)
Ohhhhhh, not *that* kind of gambling....silly me.
Re:How it's written is what matters (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How it's written is what matters (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The way I see it (Score:4, Funny)
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Way too many uses of the word Linux, and the find/replaced screwed up once and left Mac in there.
jeez (Score:2, Funny)
Crap! If this passes... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:All forms of gambling? (Score:5, Funny)
Tell that to the people who play in the big poker competitions. See what they have to say about that.
Lotto (Score:3, Funny)
I wish we could go back to the days of mafia run numbers rackets. They usually had 80% + return when not fixed.
Current state lottos are 50% return best case and taxable as well.
And remember, that $5 NCAA tourney poool is technically illegal in most places, evildoer....
Re:All forms of gambling? (Score:2, Funny)
...or words to that effect.
Re:The funny bits (Score:1, Funny)
Imagine, it's game 7 of the World Series. Bottom of the 9th, bases loaded, 2 outs. The count is 3-0, and the batter has been given the green light to swing baby swing. He takes 3 called strikes, and the game is over. MLB investigates the player, and it is later revealed that he was asked by OMGBBQNIPZ421 in a yahoo chat room to throw the game, else he would lose everything he owned, and be forced to move back in with his parents.
{/SARCASM}