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Perfectly legal gaming operations outside of the USA have been considered illicit and had employees arrested.

The US does seem to have a lot of puritan hang-ups not helped by local gambling monopolys.

Surprised that draft kings don't go with one of the UK online gaming firms.

on the other hand, when I visited Ireland a couple years ago I was kind of shocked at how common sports betting establishments were there, much like you'd see payday loan-type places here in poorer areas of the States

Betting on the horses is a very Irish thing to do grin

You'd rather have illegal off course betting ala Peaky Blinders or like IRL my Great Great Great Uncle ran in Birmingham (does make watching peaky Blinders interesting)

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