Israel adopts the U.S.’s misguided online gambling policies…

“Israel bonds with US over online betting ban
According to the online edition of the Globe, Judge Abraham Heiman ruled last week that a foreign company may not take online bets from Israeli citizens, regardless of where it is headquartered or its servers are located. Israeli authorities had previously focused on stamping out that notorious threat to public morals, playing online backgammon for money. The real threat is to the Israeli government’s gaming monopoly, which provides drastically lower returns to players.”

From The Register