Why is online gambling illegal to begin with?
A lot of gamblers and casino operators are asking this question. In fact, most casino and poker sites want to be legally regulated and licensed by the U.S. government and pay taxes on their winnings. The reason that online gambling is illegal then, becomes yet another tricky question. On the surface, certain religious and anti-gambling groups are lobbying hard to ban online gambling due to the detrimental effects it has on society. There are also concerns that offshore gambling sites are being used to launder money to sponsor terrorists activities (although this issue is a highly debated one). Below the surface however, there is a lot of money in the online gambling businessand it is quite likely that established casinos are worried about losing their share of the gambling market. Since big money means big power, there has been a push from that front to ban online gambling. However, since the ban has been some time in the making, some of these same groups have formed their own off-shor
