Posts Tagged ‘gambling compliance’

August 9, 2010

Gambling Compliance’s Breakdown of 2267 Amendments

+ more on the looming online gambling “black list”

For those not familiar, Gambling Compliance is one of a small handful of uberwonk journals for executive-types in the online gambling world. With offices in London and Washington DC, GC puts out high-level industry analysis that at least a handful of insiders find worth a £3,000-£5,000 in Europe subscription fee.

But they do make some content occasionally available for public consumption by non-subscribers. One I’ve been meaning to share for a while is the perfect companion piece to KevMath’s markup of HR 2267. (Supposedly Congressional staffers charged with the official cut-and-paste need a few more days to do what KevMath got done more than a week ago.)

Check it out … I like the cool, color-coded map; but the most important stuff is probably the breakdown by industry sector, explaining who has likely been affected how by the different amendments attached to the bill being sent to the floor. The report comes with an easy to browse table of amendments, too:

HR 2267 Frank Bill Amendments

Most interesting and plausibly relevant to our little world, imho, are provisions laid out in Rep. John Campbell’s (R-CA) amendment, which creates a “black list” of non-compliant operators. More…

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July 2, 2010

Washington DC Online Gambling Politics Update

with Shelley Berkley

Check it out … pretty good interview by Gambling Compliance with Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) about the status of current online gambling-related legislation, what it took to change Harry Reid’s mind about supporting internet gambling, why she has concerns about the McDermott taxation bill, getting excited by early signs of a Las Vegas recovery, and why she and the whole city loves 69 (about 6:40 in) … but needs a little more to get the big money people coming.

She also lets it be known, without officially confirming nor denying anything, how this former Vegas cocktail waitress may have her sights on running for U.S. Senate in 2012.

Rep. Shelley Berkley speaks to GamblingCompliance.

Posted by at 3:57 pm