Rep. Garofalo tells state: Don't block online gambling

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A state representative wants to prevent state law enforcement from following through on it effort to keep Minnesotans from gambling online.

Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington, introduced legislation today that would bar the Department of Public Safety from forcing Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to 200 online gambling Internet gaming sites that the state wants targeted.

The legislation is in response to a letter sent last week from the state Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division to 11 ISPs directing them to block the sites. There is no indication yet that any of the ISPs intend to act on the state's behalf.

Minnesota says all online gambling within the state is illegal, even if the games are hosted outside the United States. Operators of these types of sites are most commonly in the United Kingdom and the Caribbean.

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Good to see smarter minds speaking out here!

"The Department of Public Safety has to have better things to do with their time than to go after a college kid in his dorm room or some guy sitting in his basement spending a couple of hours playing online poker," Garofalo said this afternoon.