Online Gambling Legal In the US?
February 20, 2009
Do my ears deceive me or is the US looking to legalize online gambling? Word on the street has it that Barney Frank’s office is currently drafting a bill that is presumed to be similar to HR 2046 and that will license and regulate online gambling in the US. Readers and Internet gambling fans should remember HR 2046. This bill was introduced in the US in 2007 and focussed on licensing and regulating online gambling at a federal level.
It was said that Barney Frank does have this bill as a priority as it was mentioned as part and parcel of his legislative priorities in a press conference on Tuesday. This goes hand in hand with Frank’s view that adults should be able to spend their money as they see fit, within reason.
While this may all sound promising to many starved Internet gambling allies in the US, it isn’t likely that, in these desperate economic times, the bill or the possibility of the reintroduction of Internet gambling will be a priority at the federal level any time soon. But it would be interesting to see how things progress this year.
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