[GreaterSwiss]

Guys this is a FEDERAL SALES TAX or VAT..

6% to States.. 2% to Feds...

[BossLady]

Maybe more people will show up in Vegas if they start taxing internet gambling... LOL!;)

[JohnLongIsland]

Another tax for the lower classes...

[OrangeHoof]

Gee, maybe they’ll also allow us to run up gambling debts on our credit cards. Maybe Obama will force the banks not to deny online gambling debts, just like with home mortgages.

[Seruzawa]

""American adults want to be able to do what they want with their own money without the government interfering," Frank said."

Wow! The depths of arrogant hypocrisy knows no bounds with these people.

[a fool in paradise]

"We have an activity going on illegally in this country and we're pretending it doesn't exist," McDermott said. Internet gambling "people have said 'We want to be legal and we're certainly willing to pay taxes,' and we need the money. On every count, this is a net positive."

When is the homebusiness run whorehouse law coming through then, Barney Frank? People want to be legal and paying their taxes, don't they?

[Buckeye McFrog]

which will pre-empt and take away business from all the Casinos that just set up shop here in Pennsylvania and were supposed to be the end to all our budget worries. (I kinda want to see a fist fight between Ed Rendell and Barney Frank over this....ooops....guess I can’t use the word “fist” where Frank is concerned....)