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Originally Posted by spyretto
also Bush has passed a gaming act in late 2006 which criminalises any form of internet gambling for all American citizens. But would they touch the Vegas and Atlantic Cirty syndicates? No, of course not.
so much for the land of the free ( pretty f**** up place, if you asked me ).
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Federal Government cannot do anything about Vegas because the
State of Nevada legalized gambling. The Feds have no jurisdiction in that matter. Just like Native Americans can set up casinos in this country on their reserves even if the state has made gambling illegal... In the case of Native Americans state gov't and feds have no control over what the Native Americans do on the reserves.
People here would be more pissed off if the government tried to interfere with state laws. Our constitution isn't organized to allow for an extremely powerful Federal Government, the states still run much of everyday life here individually without the feds getting involved. And I prefer it that way, I'd be very worried about a strong central government; ie: what Bush has been trying to do.