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Mass. Gambling Bill Would Criminalize Online Poker

Posted by kdawson on from the put-up-then-you-won't-have-so-much dept.

timothy writes "Awesome: 'A gambling bill introduced by Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo criminalizes Internet gambling and online poker. The bill calls for two casinos.' Not that they're against gambling, you see... just against being deprived of a monopoly in such a perfect fleecing opportunity."

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  1. ...in USA by Threni · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    In the UK (most of the rest of the world, actually) I'll be free to continue spending my time and my money gambling whenever I feel like it.

  2. As a Massachusetts resident by tpstigers · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I find this particularly hypocritical. Years ago, there was an out-of-state student who went on a killing spree at a Massachusetts school. The reason he was able to easily acquire the weapon and ammunition he used was because, since he was from out-of-state, Massachusetts gun laws did not apply to him. The gun laws of his home state (somewhere out west - I don't quite remember which state), which were considerably less stringent, applied to him instead.