Libertarians to Conservatives: Drop Dead

National Review Online ^ | Aug 6, 2007 | Carol Iannone

[roamer_1]

Who "regulates" any business, and assures that their product is as advertised, and their customers aren't getting stiffed?

You missed my point. Unlike any other business, there are specific laws on the books to regulate gambling. It is a regulated industry, and cannot be reckoned as comparable to unregulated business. It is not a simple matter of "buyer beware".

The existence of those specific laws on the books could render a state legally liable if it fails to enforce those regulations within it's domain.

Likewise, there is a matter of equity- If the local ambling joints and dens of sin ;) are forced to comply, but internet sites are allowed to slide, that could be construed as an unfair advantage given to the internet based site, making the state liable again for failing to provide equal protections under the law.

[tacticalogic]

You missed my point. Unlike any other business, there are specific laws on the books to regulate gambling. It is a regulated industry, and cannot be reckoned as comparable to unregulated business. It is not a simple matter of "buyer beware".

How is regulating the gambling industry substantially different than regulating, for example, the insurance industry? The states manage to write and enforce their own regulations about that without the federal government.

[roamer_1]

How is regulating the gambling industry substantially different than regulating, for example, the insurance industry? The states manage to write and enforce their own regulations about that without the federal government.

It is my understanding that the state regulates gambling devices. How does the state authorize (and seal to prevent tampering) the internet gaming devices providing they do in fact fall within the states pervue?

The feds have nothing to do with it.

[roamer_1]

=providing they do in fact fall within the states authority?

[tacticalogic]

It is my understanding that the state regulates gambling devices. How does the state authorize (and seal to prevent tampering) the internet gaming devices providing they do in fact fall within the states pervue?

I don't know. But if the state is regulating them and enforcing those regulations then they assumed the responsibility for having the technology to do that when they allowed them to use those devices.