US Senate turns aside Web gambling ban for now

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WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday turned aside an attempt to restrict Internet gambling in a procedural move, but Sen. Jon Kyl vowed he would try again and said he expected the legislation would become law eventually.

The Arizona Republican tried to attach language restricting Internet gambling to an annual spending bill that must be passed this year, but an unnamed Democrat objected to attaching an unrelated matter to the spending measure under consideration.

Kyl said his legislation would require banks and credit card companies to block payments to online Internet gambling sites. He said some firms were already voluntarily blocking money transfers.

"We will proceed with this, it will become law at some point at some time," the Arizona Republican said on the Senate floor. "There should be no reason why we can't move forward on this."

Sen. Barbara Mikulski, a Maryland Democrat, said that a member of her party had objected to attaching Kyl's language to the spending bill but she was not sure who. Kyl urged the lawmaker to come forward so the concerns could be addressed.

The U.S. Justice Department has said the laws that prohibit interstate gambling apply to the Internet. But Americans have turned to offshore gambling Internet sites as an alternative.

The Senate and U.S. House of Representatives have passed similar legislation in the past but have been unable to reach agreement on a single, identical bill, Kyl said.
 

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yep this was posted earlier ...ill delete my thread on it Brock
 

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Brock Landers said:
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"We will proceed with this, it will become law at some point at some time," the Arizona Republican said on the Senate floor. "There should be no reason why we can't move forward on this."

What adjective best describes this guy?

I will let you posters decide.

:increible
 

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Unless they plan on going after 3rd party companies like neteller, this isn't going to do a thing to stop gambling. How many now use a credit card to deposit straight to the books?
 

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Kyl will die before his law passes. The need to quit voting for that peckerhead.


I swear god they do man...................Rugby
 

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If he doesn't spearhead the fight there are 6 or 7 other senators and representatives who will. Just that this clearly shows once again there is no real interest in this. Lots of very well connected people have commented that to me over the last 3 days. I don't want to look bad in the future should something happen, but most people get the feeling the antis have lost all momentum in this fight and provided the industry keeps its nose clean and doesn't do things to antagonize this small sect of radicals these threats will all just quietly go away.

One of the most telling pieces was just mentioned this morning. It appears the US is making no efforts to tell the UK not to allow US bets from online gambling sites. The UK legislation has a clear door open to blanket ban all bets from countries and this discretion is left to the regulatory authorities, but by all accounts the US will not be on this list. You would think with all the WTO bullshit they would be pleading with the UK to do this, but no one has heard of it and most think it will not happen even if they did try.
 

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WildBill said:
If he doesn't spearhead the fight there are 6 or 7 other senators and representatives who will. Just that this clearly shows once again there is no real interest in this. Lots of very well connected people have commented that to me over the last 3 days. I don't want to look bad in the future should something happen, but most people get the feeling the antis have lost all momentum in this fight and provided the industry keeps its nose clean and doesn't do things to antagonize this small sect of radicals these threats will all just quietly go away.

One of the most telling pieces was just mentioned this morning. It appears the US is making no efforts to tell the UK not to allow US bets from online gambling sites. The UK legislation has a clear door open to blanket ban all bets from countries and this discretion is left to the regulatory authorities, but by all accounts the US will not be on this list. You would think with all the WTO bullshit they would be pleading with the UK to do this, but no one has heard of it and most think it will not happen even if they did try.

thanx for sharing....
 

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I always enjoy your expert analysis on this subject WILD BILL...........thanks again as always for your thoughts.
 

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Wildbill says


It appears the US is making no efforts to tell the UK not to allow US bets from online gambling sites. The UK legislation has a clear door open to blanket ban all bets from countries and this discretion is left to the regulatory authorities, but by all accounts the US will not be on this list.


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With the current increase of online poker and the continuation of sports betting how does the govt expect any type of law will slow this industry down
 

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Texny said:
With the current increase of online poker and the continuation of sports betting how does the govt expect any type of law will slow this industry down
Exactly...its like when they tried to outlaw Alcohol...The people have spoken here and they want Sports gaming to stay..a few political Blowhards won't deter the human spirit
 

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