H.R.2046 - Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007 Sponsor: Barney Frank / 110th Congress

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110th Congress - To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the licensing of Internet gambling facilities by the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and for other purposes. hidemore...
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This bill provides for the licensing of internet gambling facilities. (by MAPLight.org)
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The bill has been introduced.

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Internet Gambling: A freedom or the first step down a slippery slope? by Tiffany Hsieh, Mar 5, 2008 (7:10pm)

HR 2046 would overturn the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which effectively shut down internet gambling by criminalizing the acceptance of funds from any US bettors. It was tacked onto an unrelated “must pass” Safe Port Act and no separate vote was taken on it. The new bill would license internet gambling with conditions of regulation and enforcement.
Supporters of the bill saw the previous Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 as an infringement on their personal freedoms and support the bill’s
Opponents of the bill oppose it on moral grounds, claiming that gambling tears families apart and that it is an addiction.

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Internet Gambling: It's just Vegas, online! by Eusebius Wong, Aug 7, 2008 (7:36pm)

Indeed, the plight of many a gambler is not enviable in the eyes of one seeking a profitable life. However, the poison of gambling is not the essence of gambling, rather unchecked indulgence in the practice. In the course of human experience, one finds that all things, even those which we deem necessary to the basic and minimum sustenance of life, cannot be overindulged without tempting the wrath of misfortune. This observation can be brought to bear upon the practice of gambling, an activity of such ambivalence towards significant material penalties and rewards that it requires of an enthusiast great wisdom to avoid destruction by participation. Yet a prohibition of this activity is not a statement of the inherent destructive power of gambling insomuch as the inability of the individual participants to keep their heads in a game of chance. This distinction does not explicitly fall within the jurisdiction of the government, federal or state, and in fact remains the domain of the individual citizen. That being said, it is better for government to tax and regulate such practices and profit from the games of the people rather than to ban them and essentially create new black market sectors for the discrete hosting of said games. Besides, it’s just Vegas, on the internet!

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