$33 Million In Poker Winnings Seized By US Govt 465
An anonymous reader writes "A New York Times story reports that, 'Opening a new front in the government's battle against Internet gambling, federal prosecutors have asked four American banks to freeze tens of millions of dollars in payments owed to people who play poker online. ... "It's very aggressive, and I think it's a gamble on the part of the prosecutors," Mr. Rose said. He added that it was not clear what law would cover the seizure of money belonging to poker players, as opposed to the money of the companies involved.' Many players are reporting that their cashout checks have bounced."
Re:Lame Gov (Score:5, Funny)
Arrest the prosecutor (Score:5, Funny)
The prosecution should be brought up on illegal gambling charges.
Re:Arrest the prosecutor (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Lame Gov (Score:5, Funny)
The government is a jealous lover.
Re:Lame Gov (Score:2, Funny)
Honestly, I'll never understand who goes through our governments minds...
The last person to go through my mind was Jessica Biel...maybe it's the same for them.
Re:Lame Gov (Score:5, Funny)
The government hates competition.
Re:Another reason not to gamble online (Score:5, Funny)
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a 747 filled with CD-ROMs.
Nor the latency. And in some tragic cases, the packet loss.
Re:Lame Gov (Score:3, Funny)
It's like kicking someone trying to commit suicide in the shin.
I'll answer this one (Score:1, Funny)
To make people healthier.
There's all sorts of reasons.
Philanthropy.
You have it too.
You can't take it with you when you go.
You can sell your amazing elixir.
An many more.
NOTE: there was no patent on snake oil, but people sold it to profit. Now you can get to more people to sell it to but they can converse with each other and tell each other if it works.