You know that online gambling law?

[jenk]

The one that state Gambling Commission Director Rick Day said he wouldn't go after individual gamblers for?

Apparently they are going after anyone who talks about gambling on the internet, tho. Including the press. As Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat puts it,

The state's gone from trying to control gambling, which is legit, to trying to control people speaking about gambling.

It's hard to take coming from a state that bombards us with pitches for the biggest sucker's bet of all. You know, the one they call the lottery. [...] This is the same state that's happy to enable your online wagering if you're playing the ponies.

As elfs notes, this is insane. This letter to the editor...

Washington state taxpayers provide a salary of over $30,000 for their
part-time legislature to deal with such urgent issues as banning
discussion of online gambling and turning online poker players into
felons.

If we reduced the legislative term or paid legislators less, might
they stick to enforceable laws that deal only with actual harm? Why
not let consenting adults - who SHOULD be able to take responsibility
for their own choices - alone? For that matter, exactly why do we
treat site local gambling site operators any different from people who
set up cardrooms?

has been sent. Letter to various legislators & Gov waiting on a bit more tact.

Edit: What really pisses me off is that the legislature apparently thinks it's worth wasting tax money on running down online poker game reviews, which on their face should be protected from state interference the 1st Amendment. Presumably they consider it worth wasting tax money on various lawsuits over this as well.