No one should get too excited about the supposed Full Committee Hearing for the Barney Frank (D-MA) bills … engines may be revving for HR 2266 + 2267, but these bills aren\’t really \”moving\”. At best they are spinning their […]
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A month-and-a-half ago Barney Frank (D-MA) was prepping us for life with the real UIGEA in fully enforced effect — at a time, no less, when Federal law enforcement was saying \”we know who you are Full Tilt, and you
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HR 2268, now HR 4976, aka the McDermott Bill, aka the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2009 2010, got re-introduced yesterday … it\’s pretty similar to IGRTEA 2009, with two key differences: IGRTEA 2010 specifies money for
McDermott Bill Gets New Juice States, tribes, foster kids promised slices of rev-share
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PokerNews is reporting that the UIGEA will go into effect on June 1, as the Treasury Department will not request another delay of the regulations to happen.
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The PPA is giving a heads-up that they\’ll be needing your help in coming weeks. Apparently, Barney Frank\’s HR 2267 will be coming for a committee mark-up vote. If I remember correctly, mark-up is where the committee votes yay or
Semi-historic Vote Coming UpHow a Bill May or May Not Become a Law, Part 249
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Finally, someone asked President Barack Obama semi-directly about gambling legalization. The college-student questioner didn\’t specify online gambling, and he lumped us in with drugs, prostitution, and other non-violent crime with revenue generating potential. But it does give a little insight
Barack Obama on Online Gambling (Sorta) Not good job creation strategy, President says
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I may or may not be talking about this morning\’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on today\’s episode of The Poker Beat … so that\’s why I\’m up listening/watching/clicking. It\’s kinda a big deal, I think … we got our
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(h/t to Oldbookguy over at 2+2): Thursday is the hearing in the Barney Frank-led House Financial Services Committee in regards to regulating online gambling. Witness List & Prepared Testimony: Dec 3 – 10:00 AM ET The Honorable Robert Martin, Tribal
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Hmm, you know, it\’s what been perplexing me, too … how some of the people who are pushing hardest for \”our issue\” are the people who stand to lose the most (in the short-term at least) should the Barney Frank
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That\’s what we wanna know … do you think this UIGEA enforcement deadline is gonna pass with out much ado? Efforts to delay this by a year seems to be the current push … though that\’s essentially running it through
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