Considering the amount of tax dollars this is costing me makes me sick to my stomach.

LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice has demanded information from some of the world’s biggest investment banks as part of a probe into online gambling in the United States, banking sources said on Sunday.

Internet gaming was effectively banned last year after U.S. President George W. Bush signed legislation outlawing gaming-related financial transactions at the end of September.

The sources said the Department of Justice had issued requests for information through the Southern District Court of New York and has ordered the banks to hand over all e-mails, telephone records and documents connected with Internet gaming firms such as 888 holdings and Partygaming.

It’s a good thing we’re going after the purveyors of online sports betting and Texas hold ‘em tournaments, because it’s not like we’ve got international terror organizations funneling money into the country or anything.