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Barney Frank Speaks Out Against UIGEA, Again

March 8th, 2009 No Comments

When financial needs override the hypocritical morals… In a statement on Thursday, the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank vowed to seek the repeal of UIGEA as part of a package of US financial reforms. It’s unclear if the act ever actually succeeded at retargeting scurrilous online gamblers back towards resorts or [...]

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U.S. lawmaker to push repeal of online gambling ban

February 22nd, 2009 No Comments

A senior Democratic lawmaker will push legislation this year to repeal a U.S. ban on Internet gambling that has hurt trade ties with the European Union, a congressional aide said.
“The bill introduction should happen in the next month,” a spokesman for House of Representatives Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said.
On Thursday, Reuters reported the [...]

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UIGEA Costs New Hampshire its Lottery

January 25th, 2009 1 Comment

The problem is with the UIGEA is that it has reclassified New Hampshire state lottery purchases made by credit or debit card as “betting, casino and gaming” transactions. Such sales used to be filed under “government service” by the big card makers, Visa and MasterCard.
U.S. Sen. John E. Sununu complained a year ago that the [...]

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Another Congressman Demans Bush Stop Pushing Anti-Online Gambling Laws

November 11th, 2008 No Comments

Alongside Barney Frank, who released a similar statement, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., has written a letter to White House counsel Fred Fielding complaining that it appears the Bush Administration wants to finalize federal rules against Internet gambling before it leaves office.
Cohen, a proponent of the Internet gambling that Congress banned in 2006, also raised [...]

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Obama, McCain, Biden, Palin.. Who’s the best for Internet gambling?

October 16th, 2008 No Comments

CasinoOnline.co.uk has ventured into the heated presidential election campaign and found out what’s really behind the candidates plans for online gambling, digging up some surprising results along the way.
In a concise summary, the present the U.S presidential election race in relation to gambling, find out about who voted ‘for’ and ‘against’ the Unlawful Internet Gambling [...]

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