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Time to Fold Online Poker Ban

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 15, 2009 8:42 AM CDT

(Newser) – The government's online poker ban isn't just hypocritical—given that state lotteries are "the nation's most aggressive promoters of gambling"—it's unfairly slandering a sport that requires great skill by labeling it mere gambling, George F. Will writes in the Washington Post. Professional...   Read full story »

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