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Monday, October 10, 2011
Ind. Gov't. - "Poker Inc. To Uncle Sam: Shut Up And Deal"
The ILB has had a number of entries on online poker, the most recent being this one from Aug. 14th, quoting a NYT story headed "Starved State Budgets Inspire New Look at Web Gambling". This weekend Janet Morrissey of the NY Times had a long story tracing the recent legal history of online poker and the federal government and then continues with a lengthy section that begins:
In a bid for legitimacy, poker sites and players are pushing for the federal government to legalize, regulate and tax online poker. Big-name casinos, sensing opportunity, have thrown their weight behind the idea. Pushing back are conservative Christian groups like Focus on the Family, which argue that such a step would put a federal seal of approval on Internet gambling, with potentially disastrous consequences.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 10, 2011 10:43 AM
Posted to Indiana Government