Cheers and Jeers for Online gaming in 2010

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- OffShore Insiders
- December 31, 2010
Itâ€™s the time of year that everyone gets to recap their little corner of the world for previous year. There are articles on the Best and Worst of on almost every topic under the sun. But in the gambling world the big story was really the ongoing stories of the past several years and New
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Last Gasp for Internet Gambling Legislation in 2010 36
- US Legislation
- December 7, 2010
It is time for Internet gamblers in the United States to strike back and help Harry Reid pull the same trick that then-Senator Bill Frist pulled with Bob Goodlatte, Jon Kyle and others in 2006. For those who need a reminder, these Congressmen pushed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) through in a lame-duck
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Legal Internet Gambling in the U.S. – Not Yet!2
- US Legislation
- July 30, 2010
Mainstream media seems to have gotten into the Internet gambling arena with reports abounding about the â€˜victoryâ€™ for Barney Frank, et al. in Wednesdayâ€™s advancement of H.R. 2267, the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. There has been extensive press on the passage of this bill out of the House Financial Services Committee
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Online Gaming Debate Polarizes Lawmakers 0
- US Legislation
- July 23, 2010
In the United States, big issues sometimes polarize the people and their lawmakers. Slavery was perhaps the biggest debate with no center and caused a civil war. One of the most recent issues where there is no middle ground is abortion. But to see what transpired in the most recent House hearings on Internet gambling
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Latest Senate Hearing Leaves U.S. Online Gambling Regulation in Limbo 0
- US Legislation
- May 21, 2010
On Wednesday the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on Senator Jim McDermottâ€™s (D., Wash.), latest revision of an online gambling tax bill introduced in 2009, H.R.2268. For over a year this bill has sat around while Internet gambling grows and state and federal coffers dwindle. The hearing engaged much of the
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Barney, Bachus and 2010 4
- US Legislation
- December 4, 2009
The latest round of hearings initiated by Barney Frank regarding his continued effort to repeal the UIGEA and legalize and regulate internet gambling were certainly not at the top of any legislators â€˜to doâ€™ lists yesterday. The lightly attended and I mean lightly attended, hearing basically pitted Frank against gamblingâ€™s latest arch enemy, Representative Spencer
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