Online gambling isn't going away

Online gambling has been around for many years.  And trying to regulate what can and can't be done on the internet is a mostly futile attempt.  If the U.S. government tries to stop online gambling, the gambling establishments will just take their businesses offshore and the gamblers will still be able to gamble.

Better to embrace it and regulate/tax it.  Everybody wins.

And, yes, I'm not blind to the fact that some people are addicted to gambling.  People can be addicted to anything.

Online gambling: you bet (The Economist)