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Gambling used to be so illegal in the US that it used its global Internet jurisdiction to shut down poker companies located outside the US. https://en.wikipedi
by pjc50 1y ago
Gambling used to be so illegal in the US that it used its global Internet jurisdiction to shut down poker companies located outside the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Scheinberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Scheinberg
- bongodongobob 1y agoAnd yet every bar I go to, as far back as I can remember, has slot machines and somehow that doesn't count? Even gas stations. Never understood this.
- mpalmer 1y agoScale.
- nickthegreek 1y agoThat is very much state by state in the usa. My state never had slots in gas stations or bars.
- GenerWork 1y agoThis sounds like Nevada. I remember arriving in the Reno airport for the first time and being astounded that there were so many slot machines around. Even CVS had slot machines!
- FergusArgyll 1y agoIt's wild, first thing you encounter when you come off the plane is just rows and rows of slot machines. Jarring
- bongodongobob 1y agoNope, Midwest.
- mikestew 1y agoOnce you left Nevada, I doubt you saw the same thing. If I want to see a slot machine in Washington, I have to go to a casino on a native reservation.
- bongodongobob 1y agoI'm in the Midwest. They say "for amusement only" but they all pay out.
- joks 1y agoI never saw this in Pennsylvania until like 4 years ago and now they're everywhere. Most people I know hate them.