Legalize Online Poker in the U.S.
A Democratic Senator from New Jersey has introduced a bill into the U.S. Senate designed to license and regulate online poker in an effort to get the game legalized after two years of UIGEA restrictions.
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This is exciting news. Whether or not it succeeds, it shows that more members of U.S. Congress are joining the movement against the UIGEA, perhaps finally realizing that Americans don’t like to be told what they can and can’t do online.
So what’s that mean to us? This bill, also known as “The Payment System Protection Act of 2008,” was created as a revision to the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). It seeks to change the details of UIGEA, a 2006 law that effectively criminalized online poker and online gambling in the U.S. in 2006. (An earlier effort by Frank to introduce a bill that would have a greater effect on UIGEA was shot down over the summer, so this newer bill’s scope is a bit reduced. But it’s still a good start.)
The bill wouldn’t exactly repeal UIGEA. It’s really just an attempt to draw attention to the many flaws in the legislation, in the hopes that a movement will build in Congress to eventually overturn it. And it seems that Frank has had some success building such a movement, but there’s still a long way to go.
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