Tech Daily Dose: Legalize Web Gambling, What Say You? http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2007/07/legalize-web-gambling-what-say.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2010 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:27:51 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Legalize Web Gambling, What Say You? While much of the focus of Thursday's FBI oversight hearing in the House Judiciary Committee was on anti-terrorism, so-called "national security letters," and other issues surrounding government surveillance, Rep. Bobby Scott had something else on his mind.

The Virginia Democrat, who chairs the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, asked FBI Director Robert Mueller for his thoughts on Internet gambling. He wanted to know whether it would make more sense to legalize, regulate and tax the now-illegal enterprise in the U.S.

Mueller said he had not "thought long and hard on it" but he would be averse to legalizing the practice. But the FBI chief did note how hard it is to track down and prosecute online gaming outfits because they can "go offshore so quickly." Why? The "ubiquitous nature of the Internet," duh.

Read more about the FBI hearing in Technology Daily's PM Edition.

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