internet gaming

Last month was the worst August in four years for U.S. video game sales, according to a new NPD Group report. Revenue fell 10% from August of last year as gamers scaled back on portable-gaming purchases and turned to -- often free -- online games instead.

At the same time many states are looking to casinos as a way to increase tax revenue, millions of Americans have taken to the internet for their gambling fix. Despite efforts by Congress to stifle this controversial industry by passing a law in 2006 forbidding U.S. banks to transfer funds back and...