Nevada legalizes wireless handheld gambling
We can already tell that next year's DefCon is going to be a hoot: the state of Nevada just passed a law that would make it legal to gamble using a wireless handheld device in any part of a casino except a hotel room (because it'd be tough to for them to stop kiddies from playing, and you know how much the kids love video poker). It's actually illegal to gamble online here in the States, so the idea here is that casinos can offer their patrons handhelds that connect up to a local wireless network and which would allow them to continue, uh, winning and losing (well, mostly losing) money even when they're hitting the buffet or watching Zumanity. Then again, if you're just going to go all the way to Vegas to play Texas Hold 'Em on a tiny PDA screen, you could probably save yourself some time, trouble, and expense and just kick it at home, but hey, we're doing our best to understand your addiction.
