| | |  | Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 |  | | | Americans Disagree About Gambling
- Monday, 3 Apr 2006
We all know that gambling online is not really legal in the US. Sure, US residents make up the majority of the online gamblers at some of the biggest gambling sites. However, the outdated USA law prevents gambling sites from opening up in US territory. It seems that the US government is just trying to defy everybody by refusing to change the 1961 Wire Act, but the question is why? Hasn't the government learned that it needs to pick its battles? Is this really a battle that is necessary to fight, and if so, what do US residents think of this matter? A recent poll published by the Wall Street Journal on the possible ban of internet gambling shows that the vast majority of Americans are against the Congress latest attempts to ban online gaming.
"Voters are not only called to choose between freedom and control, but also between a form of government that respects individual liberties and a political stance that wants to empower the government of the decision process on behalf of American adults" says TheOnlineWire.com in its latest editorial on the anti internet gambling bills. Even online poker, a game of skills certainly not to be associated to gambling, is being targeted this fact alone shows the real design these anti online gaming bills conceal; Its supporters simply want to patronize individual choices by empowering the government with the decision process on behalf of American adults.
"These bills are setting the grounds for the government to become a decision-maker on behalf of its citizens" says TheOnlineWire.com. What could hold certain politicians to decide what Americans can or cannot watch on TV? Where they can or cannot go? What they can or cannot buy? This is certainly not the America the founding fathers envisioned." In this crucial time of American politics TheOnlineWire.com invites all Americans that want to preserve their individual freedoms to contact their congressmen and senators and express their concerns about the foreseeable deprivation of individual liberty of choice anti online gaming legislations are setting the grounds for.
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