Lawmaker slams online gambling ban (Albuquerque Tribune)Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, who leads the House Financial Services Committee, told reporters Thursday the online gambling bill passed last fall was “one of the stupidest things I ever saw.”

America pushes ban on online gambling (Pravda)Congressman Barney Frank, the Democrat who chairs the committee that oversees financial services, told reporters that the online gambling bill passed last fall was “one of the stupidest things I ever saw.”

The best places for embezzled money (MSN Money Canada)It was a victory for free trade, island style: the World Trade Organization ruling that the U.S. violated the General Agreement on Trade in Services by banning transactions with Internet gambling sites on the island of Antigua.