The Governor of Mass. should be charged with some kind of crime like being unaware of what millions of people like to do in the privacy of their homes - play poker - wow! bad criminal, he should worry about all the crimes, drugs, and bad activity on his street. What little harm comes from addictive personality people will always be there, whether gambling smoking or fornicating excessively.

First, doesn't it come under federal jurisdiction pertaining to the internet and not the state? Secondly, I live in Massachusetts and have to deal with this nit-wit daily, he is a governor who is out of touch with reality for sure. Lastly, he should worry more about the last governor's universal health costs and the overall condition of the state's bridges and roadways instead of infringing on internet access and freedom.

All he wants is a piece of somebodies pie ... All politicians care about is revenue from taxation , fair or not .

hello gov, What makes the difference of gambling on line (internet),and going to your not built yet casinos? I live in a state that just built and up running slot casinos and the revenue has done nothing but the expected and thats increase as studied and predicted.This is another way of telling people what to do with their lives ,not counting the lap tops and PCS THEY BOUGHT WITH THEIR OWN MONEY NOT HIS of how to use them.Either gambling is illeagal or it isnt, make up your mind aand dont pinge on other peoples rights !!!!!!!

Internet Gambling prohibition is a State as well as a federal law. In 2006 a rider was slipped into the Ports Bill that outlawed Internet Gambling by outlawing the transferr of funds by companies operating outside the USA. The Feds aprehended some execs from these companies and held them in prision until they capitulated and turned over all of their records and funds. The States had had the right to outlaw it before that, and many did, mainly those who had already had casinos operating in that state. My State runs a lottery and scratch off games. I used to play it fairly often, but once they made the internet gambling outlawed and turned hundreds of thousands of little old ladies and housebound people into criminals for spending 50 bucks of their own money on the same thing the state sponsors I decided to never spend another dime on State run Lottery or ever visit a Land based Casino again. I used to go to Vegas every year or so but Ill never go back again. I hate hypocrties.

Isn't outbidding others on eBay a form of gambling?

Hi I'm in favor of gambling period
1. Why is it the governor of mass can place a bet with the governor of Colorado on the world series over the telephone and announce it on TV?
2. Why is it the mayor of the city of Boston can place a bet on the world series with the mayor of Denver over the telephone and announce it on TV.
3. Why is it a news team from Boston can place a bet on TV with a news team from Denver on the world series?
None of the above are licensed gambling establishments and therefore they all have broken established state and federal laws. Haven't heard of any charges being brought forth tho. Now naturally I believe that would be silly. So is Deval's proposal.

Why do you died in the wool gamblers have to spread your losing money over to the internet? Haven't you wasted enough money of your families and broken enough hearts with your lack of caring if the bills are paid but your gambling is first. Like the Gays you gamblers want to spread your vice all over the internet to a bigger audience to all the children.

A QUESTION FOR THE GOVERNOR --- What will the penalty be if I go to the corner store and get caught placing place a bet with the "neighborhood bookie" on the Patriots game this Sunday?
One thing in defense of internet gambling --- if I want to bet $500 on the aforementioned Patriots thru my internet account I MUST have $500 in that account. However, I can call a local bookie and bet $500 over the telephone and then, should I lose, hope like hell I can come up with $500 by Tuesday.
The biggest problem with gambling with bookies is that people bet money they don't have....this is what leads to the violence, etc. You cannot do that on the internet.
Deval should be focusing on the real problems and not grandstanding on this.

the governer should worry about health issues. our youths. buying drugs. drinking , getting pregnant, murders in out streets. child molesters/ wife beaters. / and people duping our eldery .people starving .... then when he has accomplished that worry about internet gambling.there are plenty of more important issues the the govorner should worry about .....

NO WONDER OUR COUNTRY IS ON THE DOWN HILL SLIDE IF THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE LIKE THE PEOPLE I AM READING ON THIS POST, MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR HEDGES BET ON GAMBLING. WITH THE CASINOS, THE INDIANS WILL WHIP US ANYWAY WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT. WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN WHEN EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS LIKE YOU GAMBLERS AND ALL THE OTHER VICES LIKE PORN, RAPING, MURDING, INCEST AND CROOKS AT EVERY CORNER SO THEY CAN GAMBLE AND BUY DRUGS.

I am somewhat ambivalent about "gambling" on the internet, but strongly FAVOR playing poker there. Incidentally, the UIGEA did not criminalize internet poker--it just prohibited banks & other financial institutions from moving money to and from "Internet Gambling Sites."

Several states specifically prohibit internet gambling (including Nevada--could Nevada be trying to shelter its brick and mortar casinos?), but no one is smart enough to figure out how to enforce such a law.

I believe that, notwithstanding the potential social costs, gambling has an overall positive effect, providing entertainment which many millions enjoy and many jobs (just look at the employment of American Indians on their reservations and pueblos).

Let the voters decide in each state.

Sounds like he's going to be getting a kickback from the casinos for eliminating there potential competition! Is'nt that illegal? They keep wanting laws that are unrealistic and will be broken consiously which in the end will make people not respect the law, it's a joke wasting tax payers time and money for something so stupid!

For those of you lucky enough to NOT live in Mass., our new govnah decided to buy $20K worth of drapes for his office during his first week in office. He bought himself a new Caddy. He promised to cut property taxes, and, of course, the many liberal fools in this state believed him. He sat on the board of Ameriquest, the much prosecuted preditory lender, and took $350,000 per yerar for attending 2 board meetings while members of his race were being totally screwed. He made phone calls from the Govenors Office on behalf of Ameriquest, an obvious ethics violation and conflict of interest. He served in the Clinton administration in the Justice Department as a high level attorney "fighting" discrimination. He is just another self-serving phony, lying, money hungry politician. While our roads and bridges are crumbling, and portions of the "Big Dig" tunnel are collapsing, he is holding 50 parties on his inauguration night. Welcome to Massachusetts - the land of totally Democratic rule for more than 50 years - you know, where the planes took off from on 9/11 - where the play "West Side Story" was cancelled because it was insensitive to a particular race - where the Winchester Schools today cancelled a field trip to see "Miracle on 34th Street" because someone (anonymously) complained about the "message." Do yourselves a favor folks, stay the heck away from this home of no-clue do-gooder politically correct morons.

This is so rediculous..and hypocritical of the government. They invented OTB, which is legal gambling, and "scratch-off" cards, which is legal gambling. Why are they legal? Because the government is getting money on it! So, if the government doesn't get money on it, it's not legal. They could careless about gambling, they just want to make sure they get their cut. Very simple. Extremely obvious.

This is the reason I moved out of that idiot liberal
thinking backwards state. Can you believe this?
With all the problems in Ma, he is concerened with
on line gambling as an issure he needs to solve. If
I didn't read it here I would have thought it was a joke.
This guy is running the state?, Are you kidding me!
Like this is a priority in this day and age. Ma is the most upside down and backwards state in the country, and the scary thing is people from other states know this about ma.Ma hasn't had a real govenor for 50 years. All puppett figure heads. It's run by the left on the hill. On line gambling, oh ya great thing to be concerened while people are losing their homes and jobs, just goes to show you how out of touch he is! Crazy, just Crazy...

mass is another repressive socialist state,guns,fireworks sky high taxes,forced health care,all are covered by big brother,dont get caught gambling now or the brown shirts will kick down your door,they came a long way from the birth place of freedom,bet hillary is god in boston..

No Iam not a gambler at all..Buy Iam an American...With all the crap in this country going on...that asshole wants to put people in jail for online betting....in there own home!!!What an asshole!!!

greedy, it's all about money

What about gambling on your eternity? Are you?

This life will one day pass away and seem like a mere blip on the screen of eternity. Will you choose Jesus now and eternity in heaven or reject Him and choose eternity in hell forever?

(God says to you:) "Tell them, 'As sure as I am the living God, I take no pleasure from the death of the wicked. I want the wicked to change their ways and live. Turn your life around! Reverse your evil ways!
Ezekiel 33: 11

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