Minnesota Online Gambling Black List Includes Bodog, Full Tilt Poker
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety and their Alcohol & Gambling Enforcement Division has released the "black list" of 200 Internet gambling Web sites it has demanded Internet Service Providers block state residents from accessing through their networks.
The list includes a few big name Internet gaming sites, like Full Tilt Poker and Bodog, but many were very small sites and, strangely, a number were sites that do not take US action.
"We question how much though was put into the selection of these sites," said Joe Brennan Jr., iMEGA chairman. "To propose censoring Minnesota residents' Web access and not to know which sites are even in the US market makes me wonder just how seriously the DPS is taking this action. It comes off as a half-baked attempt at intimidation rather than thoughtful enforcement."
One interesting note: BetUS.com, which at one time had an endorsement deal with former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, was one of the site named on the Black List.
