I am not trying to start a political discussion, on the contrary, I just want to underline the fact that it has nothing to do with politics, per se.
At the Congress there is only one way for passing laws – lobbying (i.e. legal bribe). It’s not a way or the right way – it’s THE way. It has nothing to do with politics but with the fact that no gambling company took the initiative to spread some of the butter on the Congress’ toast and that’s why the UIGEA was passed. If all the publicly traded gambling companies put aside one day worth of turnover for lobbying – we will have legal onlne gambling in no time. But, what do you do….
Example – horse racing industry. They weren’t exempt just because Kyl loves horses, they paid the tab.