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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, [...]

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 [...]

Reps. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas) have introduced new legislation The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative (SSIGI), H.R.5767, that would prohibit the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing or implementing any regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling, as required by the Unlawful Internet Gambling [...]

The following opinion piece ran in today’s Wall Street Journal, European edition: A trans-Atlantic spat over online gambling may help rewrite the rules of the game for Internet commerce across borders. For a change, the Europeans stand on the side of free trade, while America dabbles in regulatory overreach. The European Union last month launched [...]

No sooner than has the dust settled over Massachusetts Governor’s Casino Bill which contained anti-online gambling provisions, State Rep. David Flynn is promoting another bill to allow slot machines at racetracks, however, this bill AGAIN contains the same anti-online gambling clause as the Governor’s bill. Representative Flynn is “the dean” of Massachusetts Legislature the nickname [...]