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Bills to Ban Online Gambling Introduced in US Congress

Lawmakers from both the Republican and Democratic parties who want to ban online gambling have introduced legislation in the House and Senate. According to the Associated Press news agency, the bills are aimed at reversing a decision in 2011 by Attorney General Eric Holder that a 1961 law used to ban internet gambling only applied to sports betting. The new bills would expand prohibition to where it originally stood before the 2011 ruling. New Jersey, Delaware and Nevada are the only three states to have legalized online gaming since the 2011 ruling, but a number of other states have also…