I was just reading this article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13121768
and it struck me that it's the 21st century, and the USA is allegedly 'Land of the Free', so why can't adults choose to gamble?
The laws seem to be a complicated mix of federal and state prohibitions and exemptions, with the UIGEA being an anachronistic attempt to enforce old morality in new circumstances.
Personally, I don't gamble, and looking at the assorted losers that frequent the local betting shop I'm no way near the demographic that do, but I think it's a matter of choice, so why is the USA so fragmented on the matter?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13121768
and it struck me that it's the 21st century, and the USA is allegedly 'Land of the Free', so why can't adults choose to gamble?
The laws seem to be a complicated mix of federal and state prohibitions and exemptions, with the UIGEA being an anachronistic attempt to enforce old morality in new circumstances.
Personally, I don't gamble, and looking at the assorted losers that frequent the local betting shop I'm no way near the demographic that do, but I think it's a matter of choice, so why is the USA so fragmented on the matter?