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   Sam, Mar 24th, 2004 @ 5:11pm

   
   

   Greece had a solution to this. Heh heh...

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   anon, Mar 25th, 2004 @ 9:36am

   
   

   Haha, well guess you can just Bann ALL gaming like they did (that includes any video game)
   Still I didnt think it was illegal for me to play at an online casino, did they pass a law banning this?
   

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   Anonymous Coward, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 5:52am

   
   

   #2 Link to the original story
   
   http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20061002/124356.shtml

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   Wash. DC needs nuking

   

   Asher Milgrom, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 8:45am

   
   

   The US has become arrogant bullies &
   theives, bording vessels in international
   waters and claiming its laws apply everywhere.
   
   The DC swamp needs reclaiming.

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   Anonymous Coward, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 9:42am

   
   

   Anarchist attacks on government buildings? :D
   
   Fuck capitalism.

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   *sigh*

   

   Jason K, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 10:35am

   
   

   When are they going to stop giving me new reasons every day to hang my head in shame over belonging to this ex-great nation?

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   Awesome

   

   John, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 5:28pm

   
   

   The US is awesome!
   
   Let Antigua retaliate...

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   I am a criminal

   

   Anonymous Coward, Apr 2nd, 2007 @ 7:56pm

   
   

   Many years ago I worked for a web development company in Australia. I had no choice in selecting the clients or projects that I worked on. Jobs came in were assigned to various staff by management and the work was done.
   
   One of the projects was the development of an online casino. This is totally legal in Australia, the client had all the correct gambling permits and is in fact a publicly listed.
   
   Assuming that a US citizen has at some stage since then accessed the site. Does that make me now a criminal? Do I have to lie on any future visa applications?
   
   I think my name may still be in the comments of the source code. Can I ever travel to the USA again?

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   WTO is proven to be toothless (at least where it f

   

   Jez, Apr 3rd, 2007 @ 10:58am

   
   

   What I find so annoying, apart from online US gambling sites being allowed to tout for non-US clients (except for cross state horse race gambling) whilst denying access to their indiginous market from outside the US, is the blatant refusal to aknowledge (a) ruling(s) from the WTO critical of or contrary to US domestic trade policy. The USA is more than happy to use the WTO to try and get foreign governments (and companies) to fall into line with US wishes and then expects any WTO ruling to be enacted and enforced.
   The current stance of Washington seems to be: WTO rules for us = good, enforce ruling.
   WTO rules against us = bad, ignore ruling.
   The message to not only the developed world but even more so to the third world is quite plain, the USA will use the WTO to further their international trade interests and curb anything percieved as a threat to US domestic trade. It is a blunt stick to maintain US trade interests worldwide at the expense of all other countries and the WTO has no powers to dispell this perception.

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    Madness

    

    Nate Pearce, Oct 23rd, 2009 @ 3:03am

    
    

    If the U.S and other major states had opened up to online gambling earlier on this wouldn't be a worry now. Check Right2bet for details on the campaign to legalise online gambling!
    
    www.right2bet.net

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