The states got involved in the lotteries to raise money for the roads and education because they wanted to govern these issues themselves and to not use federal money they had to pay back.
The roads are worse and the school system in most of the state involved in the lottery are a joke…..someone’s getting the money though.
I don’t know how it is working but New Jersey passed a law where New Jersey residents could gamble online at any of the online Atlantic City casinos and Nevada was going to do the same.
It’s pure hippocracy if you ask me. There’s land based casinos everywhere here in the states and even privately run poker tournaments which is legal as long as you pay a liscense fee each time you run your own tourney. There’s regulations but still legal.
Congress claims it’s to protect their constituents, but if they can figure out a way to get on the proverbial pork bellie wagon, I’m sure they’d do it.