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District of Columbia Jurisdiction News
What's next for Frank's Internet gambling bill?
29 Jul 2010
Now that Rep. Barney Frank's bill to license and regulate online gambling in the U.S. has been passed by the committee he chairs, the House Financial Services Committees, all sorts of questions are swirling around about what's actually in the bill, and what the future holds for the bill.
Frank to introduce online gambling bill next week
28 Apr 2009
Rep. Barney Frank is expected introduce legislation designed to overturn the UIGEA next week.
Senate bill calls for regulating, not banning, online poker
1 Oct 2008
The effort to roll back an Internet gambling ban has reached the Senate, with a bill by Sen. Robert Menendez that calls for licensing and regulating online poker and other "games of skill" instead of outlawing them.
Hope for online poker advocates
22 Sep 2008
House bill would undo 2-year-old restrictions on U.S. players.
EU gambling firms see WTO case coming against U.S
18 Sep 2008
International News Brief: A dispute over U.S. enforcement actions against European Union online gambling companies could be headed to the World Trade Organization soon.
Professor urges legalizing Web betting
23 Jul 2008
UNLV associate professor says the legalization and regulation of online gambling in the United States and Canada could help reduce some of the activity's harm.
Internet gambling ban architect frustrated with regulation delays
30 Apr 2008
The chief architect of the Internet gambling ban on Tuesday said he is losing patience with the Federal Reserve and the Department of Treasury as they struggle to craft regulations to enforce the ban.
Stop work on enforcing Web gambling ban, lawmakers urge
23 Apr 2008
Work on federal regulations to enforce an Internet gambling ban should stop, four lawmakers said in letters this week.
EU's Mandelson: US needs to change gambling laws
21 Nov 2007
International News Brief: European trade chief says US should let foreign companies into its online gaming market, instead of trying to compensate for shutting them out.
Lawmakers press USTR for new tack in gambling case
19 Nov 2007
News Brief: The Bush administration should explore legislation to roll back a U.S. ban on Internet gambling instead of paying compensation to the European Union and other trading partners, the chairmen of two House of Representatives committees said on Monday.
Treasury details internet gambling ban
14 Nov 2007
News Brief: The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve continue to finalize a new rule that would put the onus on banks to help crack down on online gambling by U.S. citizens.
Trade forum looks at online gambling
7 Nov 2007
Internet Gambling and the
compensation now being demanded from the United States by the European
Union and others is the topic for tomorrow's trade focus discussion, hosted
by the Global Business Dialogue at the National Press Club.
Poker Players Alliance hosts conference
17 Oct 2007
The world's top
professional poker players, poker enthusiasts and industry leaders will
converge on Capitol Hill next week for two days of meetings on Oct. 23 and
24 to discuss the future of Internet gaming.
US takes final steps to ban online gambling
3 Oct 2007
News Brief: The US Treasury and Federal Reserve are taking final steps to ensure that internet gambling is banned once and for all.
US Fed, Treasury propose Internet gambling ban rule
1 Oct 2007
News Brief: Banks, credit card firms and operators of other Internet payment systems would need to establish policies and procedures to identify and block transactions with unlawful Internet gambling sites under new federal regulations proposed on Monday.
Antigua claims $3.4 bln from U.S. over gambling ban
20 Jun 2007
International News Brief: Antigua and Barbuda said it's entitled to $3.44 billion in compensation from the U.S. in a World Trade Organization dispute over an American ban on Internet gambling.
Foe of gambling welcomes hearings on new legislation
11 Jun 2007
Gambling opponent the Rev. Tom Grey on Friday welcomed congressional hearings on Internet betting, saying bills being proposed to lift federal restrictions on online gambling will force presidential candidates to take a stand on the issue.
House of Representatives to meet over internet gambling
6 Jun 2007
The hearing will asses whether Internet gambling can be monitored to protect the interests of consumers while simultaneously protecting the payments system, House Financial Services Committee stated.
House committee to hold hearing on Internet gambling regulation
5 Jun 2007
The House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Can Internet Gambling Be Effectively Regulated to Protect Consumers and the Payments System?” on Friday, June 8 at 10 a.m.
Sports leagues want gambling ban upheld
2 May 2007
The four major professional sports leagues and the National Collegiate Athletic Association are asking members of the House Financial Services Committee to oppose legislation by their chairman that would repeal an Internet gambling ban.
Looking in on: Washington
4 Dec 2006
They like to think of it as the green felt revolution - the upset defeat of Iowa Rep. Jim Leach, father of the Internet gambling ban, in last month's congressional election.
Jeff Haney talks to an industry veteran about the effect on cardrooms of the recent online gambling crackdown
22 Nov 2006
Nearly everyone in poker has a take on how the government's recent crackdown on Internet gambling will affect traditional casino cardrooms, or 'brick-and-mortar' poker rooms, as they have come to be known.
Online gambling a hot potato
20 Nov 2006
Experts warn that it could take many years before Congress will be willing to consider regulating online gambling.
Gamers still buzzing over passage of online bill
20 Nov 2006
At the world's largest casino convention this week, casino insiders of both political persuasions buzzed about how the bill passed in the final hours of the pre-election congressional session.
U.S. law causing turmoil in online gambling industry
1 Nov 2006
International News Brief: The online gambling industry is undergoing a seismic shift just weeks after a new law cut off much of the business in the United States.
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