[BrentCrude]

It must piss especially arrogant europeans off when at sign up time for sportsbooks and online casinos the U.S.A.is at the top of the list separate from alphabetically named countries.Then if you are from the U.S.A you are put on the front of the list for receiving comps and promotions even if you are poor as opposed to if you live in an eastern block country where chances are you are pretty poor.

So if the government does everything in it's power to stop their children ''us taxpayers''from gambling online do you think the sportsbooks etc.will find a way around it to make and receive payment?Maybe Castro or Chavez will stick it to the U.S.A by forming some clandestine bank so far removed from regulated mainstream banking that will allow it to happen.Hell,if Hitler or Stalin were still around and started a bank bettors would do business with them to get their gambling fix.hehe!What will happen is that our government will set up some phoney online bank stressing you can do business with sportsbooks with an account and when you do it you will get arrested.

I would suggest that if you have a large sum of money in an offshore gambling account to take it out now.I think alot of these places will go out of business and there will be no incentive to pay out.Hmmm,it's kind of ironic that it's coming up on football season and the crackdown is taking place.

I think t.v.ratings and live attendance for sports will go way down if the government puts the kaibosh on gambling.

[bazzz]

It must piss especially arrogant europeans off when at sign up time for sportsbooks and online casinos the U.S.A.is at the top of the list separate from alphabetically named countries.

I'm in the UK and I've never noticed this - in fact a lot of books seem to auto-select your country based on your IP address.

Of course, if you make a living from betting, you might want to consider relocating to Yurp.

[Dark Horse]

We're a nation of gamblers, whether the government likes it or not. These are the kind of numbers we need to get into the media, because no senator in his right mind, once he realizes what he's messing with, will want to touch this.

[slash]

One of the reasons for this is that Americans in general are more stupid than people from the rest of the world. So in order for books to get those dumb ***** to sign up, they place their country on top.