Comments on: Sparks Responds to Resignation of Anti-Gambling Czar http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/01/sparks-responds-to-resignation-of-rileys-anti-gambling-czar/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Thu, 24 May 2012 14:15:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Yana Davis http://blog.locustfork.net/2010/01/sparks-responds-to-resignation-of-rileys-anti-gambling-czar/comment-page-1/#comment-3820 Yana Davis Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:26:20 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/?p=5911#comment-3820 Of course, the sane thing to do would be for gambling simply to be legalized throughout the United States, with each state getting the lottery and casino revenue from within its borders as the legal states do now. It's ridiculous that the same private act can be defined as a crime in some states and as a positive act of public good in others. Universal legalization would instantly do away with the interstate competition for gambling dollars, or at least do away with it in the near future. Then, where one gambled would be decided by other factors, such as proximity. Of course, the sane thing to do would be for gambling simply to be legalized throughout the United States, with each state getting the lottery and casino revenue from within its borders as the legal states do now.

It’s ridiculous that the same private act can be defined as a crime in some states and as a positive act of public good in others.

Universal legalization would instantly do away with the interstate competition for gambling dollars, or at least do away with it in the near future. Then, where one gambled would be decided by other factors, such as proximity.

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