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British
Say
Online
Gambling
Should
Be
Legal
December
18,
2007
The
British
Government
has
come
out
in
favor
of
the
United
States
regulating
the
online
gambling
industry
as
opposed
to
banning
it.
They
say
that
by
regulating
online
gambling,
not
only
would
they
resolve
the
gambling
disputes
that
have
been
brought
against
the
company,
but
that
it
would
also
bring
them
into
compliance
with
trade
agreements.
They
say
that
the
current
administration
may
be
against
online
gambling,
but
in
the
end
banning
it
is
not
what
is
in
the
best
interests
of
the
country.
Instead
of
looking
at a
potential
$100
billion
international
gambling
dispute,
they
could
be
looking
at
untold
online
gambling
revenue
instead.
Europe
and
the
US
do
not
see
eye-to-eye
on
the
issue
of
online
gambling,
as
the
British
see
the
boon
that
it
can
be
revenue
wise
for
the
host
country.
They
are
for
online
gambling
because
they
know
that
they
are
getting
back
billions
of
dollars
in
revenue,
and
the
US
is
allowing
that
money
to
go
right
out
their
front
door.
The
ban
has
not
stopped
people
from
online
gambling,
it
only
stopped
the
US
government
from
profiting
from
it.
Residents
of
the
United
States
are
still
participating
in
online
gambling
as
it
is
not
officially
illegal
for
them
to
do
so.
All
they
have
done
is
crippled
the
financial
industry
by
trying
to
make
them
keep
people
from
using
their
bank
accounts
to
fund
it.
This
doesn’t
work
obviously
as
billions
are
still
free
flowing
from
the
country.
The
government
of
Britain
has
stated
that
they
have
been
very
clear
in
their
desire
to
regulate
the
online
gambling
industry,
and
that
the
passing
of
the
Unlawful
Internet
Gambling
Enforcement
Act
was
basically
a
mistake.
They
said
that
they
saw
it
as a
gesture
in
futility
and
that
they
could
not
only
make
money
off
of
it
and
come
into
compliance
with
the
WTO
simply
by
removing
their
ban
on
online
gambling.
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