In the first ever agreement of its kind, the leaders of Nevada and Delaware signed an agreement Tuesday that will permit interstate online gambling between the two states

Author and journalist confesses in his new book that he is a problem gambler. He's lost money and ambition playing poker. And he's not sure he's hit bottom. But it's a problem Sam Skolnik says he shares with the whole country. America, he thinks, is enthralled with gambling and we need to rethink the idea that gambling is harmless entertainment. So what should we do about his addiction?

While Nevada and New Jersey legislators were thinking about legalizing online poker, it's become the law in the nation's capital. The District of Columbia has authorized its lottery office to run an online poker site and expects to rake in $4.3 million in 2012. Unless, of course, the Congress kills it. It's something of a mystery as to why Congress allowed the district plans to get as far as they have. We find out what's going on and how Congress is likely to react now that it's getting on the radar.