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Now, the DOJ has shown that the new laws
are unnecessary--at least for the easy cases.
I. Nelson Rose, "Internet Operators Arrested," Gaming
Industry Litigation Reporter, April 1998, p. 9.
53. See Benjamin Weiser, "14 Are Charged with Taking
Sports Bets over the Internet," New York Times, March 5,
1998, p. A1. Weiser recounts the first federal crackdown
on Internet gambling operators and quotes Anthony Cabot, a
gambling law expert in Las Vegas, Nevada. "You're never
going to see a shutdown," Cabot said. "[T]hose who are in
the industry are going to take much greater precaution in
hiding their ownership if they are U.S. citizens."
54. For a discussion of the plans of Australia and New
Zealand to legalize and regulate Internet gambling, see
Crist, p. 92. Crist, p. 88, also discusses Antigua's
licensing practices; and Akers, pp. A1, A8, discusses
practices in Costa Rica.
55. Gyneth McAllister, expeditor of international invest-
ments for the Antiguan government, commented, "The issue
for the United States should not be whether Internet gam-
bling should exist in Antigua or not. Antigua is a sover-
eign state and isn't their concern. We are no banana
republic." Quoted in Crist, p. 88.
56. The Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United
States reads: "In criminal prosecutions, the accused shall
enjoy the right . . . to be confronted with the witnesses
against him. . . ."
57. Sutin, p. 5.
Emphasis added.
58. "Internet gambling presents . . . an entrepreneurial
opportunity for the state itself." David Post, "Betting
on Cyberspace," The Recorder, June 5, 1997, p. 4.
59. Kyl, Introductory Remarks on the Internet Gambling
Prohibition Act of 1997.
60. Sutin, p. 6.
61. Rep. Robert Goodlatte of Virginia, Statement upon
introduction of the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act of
1997, Congressional Record 143 (September 3, 1997): E1633.
62. In some cases, the relevant state laws authorize only
gambling via telephone, leaving it ambiguous as to whether
or not Internet communications using telephone lines would