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In an update to our February story, about Assemblyman Lloyd Levine sponsoring bill AB2026 calling on the California Gambling Control Commission (CGCC) to carry out the study into controlling and operating internet gambling operations, the bill was approved by the Senate Governmental Organization Committee on Tuesday, June 24 on a 6-1 vote, with amendments to [...]

Jeffrey L. Derevensky, a leading professor at McGill University, contends that Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) incorrectly cited the university’s research on gambling addiction in arguing for the continued prohibition on Internet gambling. Derevensky in fact believes that the regulation of online gambling is an opportunity to put in place safeguards to combat problem and [...]

The struggle over the controversial Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA) continues. Late last month, H.R. 5767, which blocked implementation of the UIGEA, was defeated in the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services.
Meanwhile, a new bill related to online gambling was introduced this week by U.S. Rep. James McDermott, D-Wash. H.R. 6501 amends [...]

US. Senator Jon Kyl, (R-Ariz), says he is growing impatient with the slow progress in coming up with regulations on Internet gambling in the United States.
Kyl, who has been pushing for a ban on Internet gambling, says slow progress on the part of the government and the Federal Reserve is part of the problem, along [...]

As we have previously covered statements and comments made by other presidential candidates including Ron Paul and Barack Obama next on the list is the Republican presidential hopeful, John McCain.
His current run for president, is just a decade since an official favor for a friend with regulatory problems had nearly ended Mr. McCain’s political career [...]