From BreitBart.COM: 

Online Wagering Under Attack in Congress

Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables won’t like what Congress is doing. On Tuesday, the House plans to vote on a bill that would ban credit cards for paying online bets and could padlock gambling Web sites.

The legislation would clarify existing law to spell out that it is illegal to gamble online.

To enforce that ban, the bill would prohibit credit cards and other payment forms, such as electronic transfers, from being used to settle online wagers. It also would give law enforcement officials the authority to work with Internet providers to block access to gambling Web sites.

Some opponents of the legislation say policing the Internet is impossible, that it would be better to regulate the $12 billion industry and collect taxes from it. The online gambling industry is based almost entirely outside the United States, though about half its customers live in the U.S.

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This Genie left the bottle years ago.

Do they really expect to be able to stop people from playing Poker, Blackjack, Sports Bets, etc. online at this point?  And at the same time allow certain kinds of betting like on horse races and state lotteries? Give me a break, what a complete waste of time.

Instead of this nonsense, Congress should be looking to regulate the industry so there will be more control, oversite, and measures to maintain integrity.  

Just as with everything else, these cluess right-winger Republicans want to legislate morality, and cover their eyes and ears with their hands.  See no evil… hear no evil.

Thanks to their bumbling, the online gaming industry is all overseas, mostly in Central America and the Carribean when it could be located here in the United States.

Just more clueless legislation by a clueless congress.  Nifty.