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April 12, 2008

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Criticism of the devious piece of legislation banning online gambling in America has been mounting, especially as of last week when congress sat for a session exploring the critiques UIGEA - the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

April 10, 2008

03:23
Just before boarding a plane with his wife to the Mariana Islands, then-Congressman Bob Schaffer announced he was embarking on a fact finding mission to get to the bottom of repeated allegations of labor abuse in the American protectorate.
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Richard Cumberland, bishop of Peterborough and 17th-century English philosopher, wrote, "Games of chance are traps to...

April 9, 2008

06:02
In the past few years, more and more of what appear to be little pieces of the Las Vegas strip seem to be popping up across Oklahoma's tribal regions, with bright neon lights beckoning for miles in the night sky to would-be high rollers. In a conservative, Bible Belt state that has traditionally es... By Brian Ervin.

April 7, 2008

06:11
WASHINGTON — Congress' ban on Internet gambling is so vague that figuring out how to enforce it is a struggle, say federal officials charged with the task.

April 3, 2008

12:04
WASHINGTON, DC -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Expert testimony to Congress today offered further evidence that the ban on Internet gambling won't work.
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- Congress' ban on Internet gambling is so vague that figuring out how to enforce it is a struggle, say federal officials charged with the task. "I think it is very difficult without having more of a bright line about what is intended to be unlawful Internet...
04:02
The wording of a congressional ban is vague. Bankers, bettors complain. The wording of a congressional ban is vague. Bankers, bettors complain.
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At the long awaited Congressional hearing on its Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA), bankers and private financial institutions joined disgruntled poker players in decrying what they consider to be an awkward and nonviable law.

April 2, 2008

19:38
House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) held a hearing Wednesday on a controversial Internet gambling ban, betting that airing the law’s murky language may help him overturn it altogether.
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is easily one of the most tech-savvy members of Congress. He has been the lead sponsor of Net-neutrality legislation and played a leading role in other efforts to represent the interests of technology in issues that intersect telecommunications, patent law and municipal wireless networks.
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Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) is easily one of the most tech-savvy members of Congress. He has been the lead sponsor of Net-neutrality legislation and played a leading role in other efforts to represent the interests of technology in issues that intersect telecommunications, patent law and municipal wireless networks.
16:26
Unless forthcoming federal regulations are rewritten, critics of a 2006 anti-gambling law say the rules will invade Americans' privacy and ensnare perfectly legal transactions.
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Congress' ban on Internet gambling is so vague that figuring out how to enforce it is a struggle, say federal officials charged with the task.
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Congress' ban on Internet gambling is so vague that implementing it is a struggle, say federal officials charged with the task.
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The Federal Reserve is carefully considering all comments received on rules for a law banning bank and credit card payments to illegal Internet gambling sites, a Fed official said on Wednesday.
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Wed, Apr 2, 2008 (2 a.m.) The lobbying group iMEGA (Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association) is proceeding with full force in its fight against the federal law that has shackled the growth of Internet poker and other forms of online gambling in the United States.

April 1, 2008

03:24
A Tough Blow for Reformist Hopefuls In what was recently regarded as optimistic news for proponents of South African political talks leading toward a legalization of online gambling, the process there seems to have stalled.

March 28, 2008

09:00
LAST year Brian Melhuish took a trip to France with some friends to watch the Rugby World Cup.
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The 2006 ban of online gambling seems to be weakening as the House Financial Service Committee (HFSC) begins a review of the regulations proposed by the Department of Treasury (DT). Prior to many state bills in past years, Barney Frank, Chairman of the HFSC, believes the hearings will suggest that the ban is futile.