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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 [...]

In a continuing saga of US and Antigua trying to arrive to a compromise about US banning internet gambling, which was a large industry in Antigua, Antigua’s finance minister says it could take several more months to resolve an Internet gambling feud with the U.S.The countries have been at odds since the World Trade Organization [...]

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 [...]

Gambling for free on the Internet has become the most popular gambling activity among youths in Oregon, according to a new survey. That concerns officials who say it introduces teenagers to gambling and grooms them for other forms in which money is waged.”You’re learning that gambling is fun, it’s stimulating, and it’s risk-free,” said Wendy [...]