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WA Law: 5 Years in Prison for Gambling Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-sawbuck-says-you-can't-give-up-gambling dept.

tpoker writes "Online gambling has been an ongoing legal issue for the federal government, but Washington State has recently decided to take matters into their own hands. The Seattle PI reports, 'Beginning next month [June 7th], Washington residents who play poker or make other types of wagers on the Internet will be committing a Class C felony, equivalent under the law to possessing child pornography, threatening the governor or torturing an animal. Although the head of the state Gambling Commission says it is unlikely that individual online gamblers will be targeted for arrest, the new law carries stiff penalties: as much as five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.'"

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  1. How do you set fireworks off by accident? by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 0, Troll
    Here is me taking the firework by accident out of the container, here is me accidently unsticking the fuse, here I accidently light it. WTF?

    Sorry kid but when you put fireworks off inside you are either mentally retarded or criminally insane or trying to start a fire. In any case you belong in jail for live or on the chair.

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  2. Re:Place your bets.... by phopon · · Score: 0, Troll
    this is because of some church crap that has nothing to do with the government.

    I'm confused... since when does church crap have nothing to do with the government. This is America silly, Church=government.

    If it bothers you so much, move to some liberal, human rights obsessed country that defends free speech rights then stand on a soapbox and cry about your loss of freedoms to a populous that actually cares. We Americans love our co-mingling of church and government and our strict free speech only when applicable policies; it promotes good family values.

  3. So... by JustNiz · · Score: 1, Troll

    How bad has it got to actually get over there before you Americans stop believing that you're living in "the land of the free"?
    Don't you guys have a constitution? why are you letting this sort of shit happen? Instead of throwing leaders out of other countries you should start with your own...