What is the real reason to ban online gambling?

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So at first it just seemed like the government wanted to show its morality and act like they were doing something useful by banning gambling. But now, they are getting into disputes with the WTO and seemingly putting a decent amount of effort of backing up this legislation. Why?

There has to be a ton of lobbying from the big casinos or something going on here. How can the US not regulate and turn down that huge revenue stream? There has to be a real underlying reason or some plan for the future that the government is holding out for...not just the morality reason.
 

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There are probably several different reasons. Since it is an offshore business they despise being out of the loop. Their reasons are all nonsense (during the law and bill we saw all their disgraceful reasoning) and it is truly a joke.
 

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The religious right wants to ban all gambling including online gambling. The vested interests want to prevent further competition.
 

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Because it is a ton of money going out of our economy and into somebody else's. They want you to spend your gambling dollars at the track or Vegas or the corner store lottery machine. I think there is a decent chance that it is legalized in the US down the road
 

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Yep, the religious right wants to ban all gambling. Then they can all go to church and talk to each other about how righteous they are during their bingo games.
 

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