if i may play devil's advocate, we must remember that there are quite a few laws, not just anti-gambleing laws, in this country that are essentially designed to protect people from themselves. it doesn't suprise me at all that such a law would be enacted, especially when the president has been set with other such victemless crime legislation, and that with the exception of two states and native american tribes, gambleing is technically illegal all over this country. Just because a majority of people might think it's stupid, that never stopped the good old US of A before
Having said all that, please understand that i don't agree with it and think it's increadibly idiotic, but I also think that the whole part about class C felony is just a bunch of hot air. no one is going to get 10 years for playing cards online. there are undisputedly worse crimes that are not subject to such punishments. At worst you might see a few token fines, maybe a couple sites located in that state (if there are any) being shut down, much as was the case with online file sharing, which i might add is supposed to be illegal across this entire country, but is still rampant. this is just a classic example of self rightious politians, trying to take the moral high ground, playing to their electorate. remember this is an election year. if i were living in washington, i might be a little nervous about it, but while this is all speculation here, i really don't think there is any reason to be. this is just typical political BS and it wouldn't suprise me at all if nothing came from it all except for a bunch of people being unfairly scared away from something they love doing
-n