With a Poker Player in the White House, Washington's Strict Online Gambling Law Could Change

Seattle Weekly | April 6, 2009
Washington is one of a handful of states that expressly prohibits online gambling--and the only one that goes so far as to make it a felony. But Barney Frank may introduce a bill this month to repeal a law that prohibits Internet companies from accepting bank payments for gambling.

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