Online Casinos = Child Pornography?

Leave it to an Alabama Congressman to say that gambling at online casinos is like child pornography. Congressman Spencer Bachus says that America’s newest addiction is the online casino. The Republican congressman has made it his objective to protect young people from the pressures of online casinos. Okay, lets add that to the list of things we need to educate our youth about behind sex, drugs and alcohol. Bachus has long been a brutal critic of the internet gambling industry and has gone as far as to campaign himself as anti-gambling.

The congressman opposed the Payments Systems Protection Act which went all the way up the ladder only to be denied. The Act was proposed by Republican Ron Paul and Democrat Barney Frank and was meant to loosen regulations and make it easier for banks/financial institutions to transfer money from online casinos. Not taking into account that making online casino and online gambling legal in the United States would create a lot of money for the government from taxation. Not to mention, that it would also be government regulated.

The study in which Bachus received his information from was from a Canadian academic who later chastised the congressman for misinterpreting the findings. Congressman Bachus said that “American public should not be partnering with child pornography sites and indirectly with online casinos.” The reference seems so far fetched. How could he compare something so despicable as child pornography with online casinos?

It seems that the congressman stands by his words. His argument being that the secretive and addictive nature of pornography and internet gambling that can be accessed twenty four hours a day is dangerous and should be kept away from the American public.