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IIRC, it was the GOP-led Congress that banned on-line gambling in 2004. It was high on their agenda back then, along with MLB steroid hearings and Janet Jackson's areola.

No wonder Pelosi and Reid waltzed into the congressional leadership in 2006.

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IIRC the ban was the result of a WTO decision against the US of A. We blocked offshore access to US customers and some of the Caribbean islands cried foul. The remedy under consideration was to void US intellectual property rights allowing those island nations to start cranking out CDs and DVDs to beat the band. Rather than open the US market, Congress shut it down. Sounds like it will be Harry’s Casinos versus the music and video industry. This will not end well.