It just got attached to the ports security legislation, and I don’t see anyone in the Senate killing that bill over internet gambling.

So now we’re stuck with a law that is, given the nature of the internet, pretty much unenforceable.  It seems like a modern equivalent to alcohol prohibition to me.

I just don’t understand why this was a priority.  Is internet gambling really a problem?  Gambling is already legal in Las Vegas and Atlantic City and pretty much any Indian reservation you go to.  Heck, here in my hometown pretty much every bar has a blackjack table, which is legal as long as the proceeds from the gaming go to a charity.  What’s so awful about letting people gamble on their computers if they want to?

Except that it keeps people out of casinos, and the casino lobbyists don’t like that.