There’s always a catch with these politicians. Online gamblers in Massachusetts who were cracking open the champagne when House Speaker Robert DeLeo said he was going to push through his expanded gambling bill later this month will have liked what they heard. But if they bothered to sift through the lengthy 172-page tome, that bubbly will have soon started to taste like turpentine. More casinos, yay! More slot machines, yay! No online poker or casinos, ya..! Hold on, what? Turns out the bill essentially criminalizes online gambling and poker. Doh! Fucking small print. Read more.