Quote from: eerygarden on June 26, 2015, 01:55:19 PM

Quote from: tonyq on June 26, 2015, 12:50:10 PM

Quote from: LFC_Bitcoin on June 26, 2015, 12:44:45 PM

what reason do the UK have for doing this?

How much do you think the UK Government rake in every year from the likes of Hills, Corals, Ladbrokes, Bet365, Paddy Power etc?
And how much will they rake in from bitcoin sportbooks present and future?
I think that may answer your question.

Yep! It's purely so they can get their hands on their cut. No doubt they would provide a different answer if you were to ask them though.

That does seem to be the likely case. It is primarily the sports books which got the email to shut down, and not other gambling sites. And because of this I don't see US following the same steps, unless they want to go after every gambling site to shut them down.