Online Gambling Is A Felony
June 7th, 2006
The state of Washington has made it a felony to gamble online. Maybe I’m the only one who thinks this way, but doesn’t this seem like a massive case of overkill? I mean, a felony? They say this law won’t be applied to individual gamblers, but I’ve found that the police have a knack of using laws in ways for which they were not intended.
[link]Chad’s News » Washington’s Online Gambling Law Is Already Being Misused Says:
November 15th, 2006 at 12:05 am
[…] Remember this post, made only 10 days ago, where I predicted that Washington state’s online gambling law would be misused in ways the legislature didn’t intend? Well the first person charged under the law was not actually caught gambling; rather, he runs a web site that has information about online gambling. This constitutes transmitting “gambling information,” which is illegal under the new law. It will be interesting to see if he gets convicted. […]