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[qatobo]

Congress approves Internet gambling ban bill

They stuck it on the port security bill at around 2am on a Friday to avoid it making the news. Gutless bastards even did it by voice vote so there's no record of anything beyond passage. Lovely way to get plausible deniability.

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[badhairs]

...so much for my Sabacc tournament...

[feuxbos]

Doesn't that put us squarely in opposition to WTO court rulings?

[badhairs]

-And Korporatia replies:"Yes, but what have they done for us lately?"

[evetsteve]

"This law probably violates US trade treaty obligations and a ruling by the World Trade Organization in the dispute between Antigua and the United States, because it bans foreign remote online gaming while favoring the forms of online gaming exempted by this new law, such as horse racing and online lotteries." Quoted from LouKrieger

I guess if this administration is willing to change our interpertation of the Geneva Conventions, a little bit of online poker shouldn't stand in the way of them creating the fascist state they are all dreaming of.