<p>The U.S. government’s ban on some forms of online gambling is costing American taxpayers a bundle of money, but the Bush administration won’t say how much, <a id="fwki" href="http://michiganmessenger.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=926" target="_blank" title="Top-secret gambling losses">Michigan Messenger</a> reports.<br />

The World Trade Organization ruled in December that the United States must compensate other countries for barring U.S. gamblers from off-shore gaming sites while allowing them to throw away money on U.S.-based sites. The payments, which may cost U.S. taxpayers millions (some say billions) of dollars, is classified, for reasons of &quot;national security.&quot;<br />

If I lost millions gambling, I wouldn’t want to talk about it either.</p>