It has gathered Government attention because there is big corporate money and influence behind traditional casino and hotels who want that for themselves. The brick and mortar gambling industry is right now pushing legislation in Congress to further restrict online gaming such as currently bring tried in NV, NH, and DE. Add to all that the fact that states, like NY, now depend heavily on revenues from legal gambling like lotteries, keno, state regulated casinos, and Indian casinos. New York State does not care about the abuse of reckless gambling. If it did, the state sponsored gambling they promote would not exist. They care about the market economics of their own gambling enterprises, and the political support they receive from the gaming operators.