Representative Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) sent out a letter to his fellow U.S. Congressmen this week urging them to support legislation that would regulate and tax online gambling in the United States.

U.S. law currently aims to prohibit U.S. residents from gambling on the Internet, and McDermott points out that governing what adults choose to do online is difficult.

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