US Outlaws Online Gambling 579
imaginaryelf writes, "As reported earlier on Slashdot, in the closing hours of the US Congressional session on Friday, September 29, the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (H.R.4411.RH) was attached to the Safe Port Act of 2006 H.R.4954.EAS.
To the surprise of many, the bill passed both the House and the Senate, and Bush is expected to sign it into law this week. This effectively outlaws online gambling in the US, by way of making it illegal for credit-card companies to collect payments for bets. The financial markets punished the stock of online gambling companies as some prepared to pull out of the US entirely."
hooray. (Score:4, Funny)
It will never stick (Score:3, Funny)
impact on gambling stocks (Score:4, Funny)
I bet they did. Shit, someone's knocking at my door.
Politically incorrect and I don't care (Score:5, Funny)
Affects eBay and PayPal/ (Score:4, Funny)
Does this mean they're going to take down eBay and PayPal?
I certainly feel like I'm gambling whenever I do business there?
How about Ameritrade? Stocks are certainly gambling
The new 419... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I Feel so much safer (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Worse Problem (Score:4, Funny)
Didn't you read the article? Betting online is illegal...
Money Laundering (Score:3, Funny)
Yeop.
Re:I Feel so much safer (Score:4, Funny)
The Congress Has Balls (Score:3, Funny)
Too often governments fear bringing corporations down to size. There are a number of unethical industries that need to be nipped on the reproductive organs and it WILL mean a loss to the economy in terms of corporate valuations. Lately banking, telecommunications, and oil firms are just taking individuals and countries for a ride. The only ones who can stop it (the Governments) are the very same ones that profit in the back pocket from the illicit activity.
It takes a real man to lead a religion and not abuse his power. It takes a real government to lead a country and not abuse its power.
I said it before, I'll say it again: (Score:3, Funny)
- Kent Brokman
Re:not necessarily bad (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Politically incorrect and I don't care (Score:4, Funny)
The liberal media would have you believe that Christopher Columbus was the first to settle America, but that honor really belongs to The Fonz. He edged out Grover Washington to be our first president, but declined once he found out that he couldn't have all three Hooper Triplets as his first ladies.
Fun Fact: The indian greeting "how" is derived from The Fonz's "heyyyyyyy".
Re:Politically incorrect and I don't care (Score:3, Funny)
It wasn't. Polio really took hold years later. Nearly all of the founders of this country could walk just fine.
Re:not necessarily bad (Score:3, Funny)
Then we can retroactively take screwed up adults from thier parents!
Re:not necessarily bad (Score:3, Funny)
We are.
- Highly irresponsible Republicans
Re:I Feel so much safer (Score:3, Funny)
Hmmm, let me guess: the Libertarian project to 'take over' a state by getting masses of Libertarians to move there and vote as a bloc, has failed. Your new secret plan is to take over the prison system by convincing all of the Libertarians to break laws willy-nilly and get incarcerated. I doubt that you will be able to actually 'take over' the prisons (they won't let you take your guns to prison with you), but the LP could become the largest prison gang.