the following is a copy & paste of a letter to the editor from a washington state newspaper. as we all know wash. has made it illegal to place a bet online....unless your a politican...fuhking hypocrits !!!....they get me sick !!
Bets surely violated online gambling law
Well, isn't this nice. Gov. Gregoire bet hundreds of dollars worth of Washington state goods against the governor of Illinois that the Seahawks would win Sunday's game. At stake from our corner was smoked salmon and Washington's world-renowned apples. The governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, countered with a state fair favorite barbecue platter and something called "Cozy Dogs," apparently another Illinois tradition.
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels couldn't pass up on the fun, so he and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley raised the pot to include pork chops, steaks, hot dogs, pretzels, chips, nachos, pizza, popcorn and, horrors, beer. Meanwhile, we taxpaying citizens (some of us business owners paying taxes every quarter to the state) are residents of the state that led the nation making it a felony to place a 10-cent bet on online poker in the privacy of our own homes. Since I am pretty sure this "wager" between the governors and mayors were made via e-mail over the Internet, who should we arrest first? Wouldn't it have been more prudent to pledge these items to people who really need them, i.e. the poor or homeless in the respective cities?
Bets surely violated online gambling law
Well, isn't this nice. Gov. Gregoire bet hundreds of dollars worth of Washington state goods against the governor of Illinois that the Seahawks would win Sunday's game. At stake from our corner was smoked salmon and Washington's world-renowned apples. The governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, countered with a state fair favorite barbecue platter and something called "Cozy Dogs," apparently another Illinois tradition.
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels couldn't pass up on the fun, so he and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley raised the pot to include pork chops, steaks, hot dogs, pretzels, chips, nachos, pizza, popcorn and, horrors, beer. Meanwhile, we taxpaying citizens (some of us business owners paying taxes every quarter to the state) are residents of the state that led the nation making it a felony to place a 10-cent bet on online poker in the privacy of our own homes. Since I am pretty sure this "wager" between the governors and mayors were made via e-mail over the Internet, who should we arrest first? Wouldn't it have been more prudent to pledge these items to people who really need them, i.e. the poor or homeless in the respective cities?
