EU's Mandelson: U.S. needs to change gambling laws

European trade chief Peter Mandelson says U.S. should let foreign companies into its online gaming market instead of trying to compensate them.

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[Razzl]

Au contraire, all online gambling needs to go

The implication of the statement is that the U.S. is allowing some domestic online gambling to go on, which if true means that the US government needs to crack down on that, too, and not allow any exceptions even for Nevada or the Indian casinos. Shut down all online gambling; like online pharmacies it's a form of access that inherently breeds crime because it can't be supervised properly. Gambling is tolerated in supervised environments because of supposed attendant benefits like tourism; online gambling has no attendant benefits to use as a fig leaf...

[Razzl]

Au contraire, all online gambling needs to go

The implication of the statement is that the U.S. is allowing some domestic online gambling to go on, which if true means that the US government needs to crack down on that, too, and not allow any exceptions even for Nevada or the Indian casinos. Shut down all online gambling; like online pharmacies it's a form of access that inherently breeds crime because it can't be supervised properly. Gambling is tolerated in supervised environments because of supposed attendant benefits like tourism; online gambling has no attendant benefits to use as a fig leaf...