[JimWayne]

He was sued and his defense was, essentially, “my State doesn’t allow gambling therefore gambling online here is an illegal contract and cannot be enforced.” The Court bought it and he danced away scott-free.

The potential ripple effects of this worried a lot or lawmakers, so they shoved the bill in question into place so there would be less ambiguity on such transactions.

Circular logic here. They can't enforce the contract because it is illegal and since they can't enforce the contract, it needs to be made illegal!

Sounds more like the Las Vegas/Atlantic City lobby did not want online gambling.

[freedumb2003]

>>Sounds more like the Las Vegas/Atlantic City lobby did not want online gambling.<<

As I said upthread, I think the opportunity was there and they grabbed it (to do just what you say).