Thanks, Bob, interesting article. Here is a good article in the New York Tmes about US firms taking some criminal risk in investing in non-US internet gambling firms:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/25/business/25gamble.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1135560883-BVjrpBuXFCNm6K2uBpncFA&pagewanted=print

In the post following this one, I'll copy/paste the whole article because the NY Times might require you to register to read the article.

Robert