Commercial speech is not afforded the same protection as non-commercial speech, ergo I think the restrictions will pass constitutional muster, as they say.

But suppose a US citizen houses his web in India and takes offshore gambling advertisements?

No law has been broken in India, or the US so would the US have jurisdiction? Naturally they will claim they do, but what law has been broken?

The web is World-Wide, so people in various other countries that don't ban online gambling aren't breaking any law either.

I'd like to read the statute, but basically I think they are scaring off who they can and will duke it out with the hard-core ones that don't scare so easily.

If anyone knows about the case of Jay Cohen - he ran an online sports book in a different country and came back to face charges. he got 21 months in a Federal prison in - of all places - Las Vegas!

At the root is cash (of course) because I can play pick-3, pick-4, pick-5, lotto, powerball and go to a race track. But I can't put $25 on the home team? Makes perfect sense (to the government).

As Claude Raines said in Casablanca (as they handed him his winnings) - I am shocked, shocked that gambling is going on here.

Gambling, is gambling, is gambling - whether it's lottery, football, or bingo. All roots of the same tree.