Personally i dont think that the goverment is so much looking to tax the player, as much it wants to tax the house of its profits.
i think that in all "our" losses is their profit. and is much more than any big winnings by any one indivdual.
So it would be in the best interest for all the books to continue to operate the way they do , offshore. They can not be touched and trust me we will still gamble online regardless of the laws.