Betcha.com Makes Bet, Loses

The latest in victimless-crime-nanny-state-neo-prohibition news comes out of Washington after state authorities seized computers from Betcha.com, a gambling site trying to float just under the letter of the law.

Incomprehensible and hypocritical as it is, last year's US Congress outlawed online gambling unless it was on state lotteries or horse racing, a law this year's Congress has yet to repeal even though the World Trade Organization has condemned the ban as a violation of human rights, even as Attorney General Alberto Gonzales leads his Gestapo into arresting even foreign gambling site operators the moment they step onto US soil. 

Because, you know, the prisons aren't full enough, gambling's a sin, and government fines keep the country moving.

Washington State is even tougher on online gambling, which makes it an interesting choice of venues for