I don’t think you can particularly blame certain parties and interests who, for whatever reason, are against online gambling – that’s their perogative. What you can blame is a fucked up system that unbelievably allows completely unrelated legislation to be added to a bill that is guaranteed to pass, at the last second.
I’m not in the US so I admit I know nothing about these procedures but from where I’m standing it looks an insane way to run a government. It’s that loophole, that method of passing bills, which is the culprit, not the individuals or parties who want online gambling banned. It is grotesquely undemocratic.
Than God I have mostly non-US players.
Good luck everyone.