What people need to realize is said right here in this article and nobody ever pays attention to. It wont be the easy tax money that pushes this through, and it wont be done because of the lobby efforts of the PPA. The banks will get this done. The cost and burden to the banks on trying to be the “regulators” of online gambling has become to much of a burden. They have the power and juice to get this ban lifted, and they are doing just that.

In the end it always comes down to money. The banks have bought and paid for enough people in Washington to make this burden go away without much trouble. The best part is nobody is even looking to them for their part in all this.

“The revenue they would get is miniscule compared to the devastation it would bring to financial systems, stock markets, national security and people’s lives,” said Kindt, a professor of business and legal policy.

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