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***mandy*** · 11-14-2007, 11:43 AM,

Quote:Even as Governor Deval Patrick seeks to license three resort casinos in Massachusetts, he hopes to clamp down on the explosion in Internet gambling by making it illegal for state residents to place a bet on line. He has proposed jail terms of up to two years and $25,000 fines for violators.

The provision, buried deep in Patrick's bill to allow three casinos to the state, puts the governor at odds with a fellow Democrat: US Representative Barney Frank, the sponsor of federal legislation to license and regulate online gambling nationally. Yesterday Frank strongly criticized the governor's plan to punish online gamers while inviting casino operators to set up shop.

"Why is gambling in a casino OK and gambling on the Internet is not?" Frank said...

full article: http://www.boston.com/news/local/article...rick_bill/

BellisimaJ. · 11-14-2007, 02:30 PM,

Quote:"Why is gambling in a casino OK and gambling on the Internet is not?" Frank said...

Good question. And the probable answer is............yes, you guessed it, the casinos don't want you to spend your gambling dollars online, when you could be spending them in the casinos.

Casinos and online gambling hold no appeal for me whatsoever. Never even visited Vegas(which seems to be dominated by the type of tards that I would prefer not to socialize with).