Looks like these bastards are serious about this here
in Minnesota:
I highlighted my concerns below in the article. My question is:
1. I have funds out there in various books. What
would your recommendations be since they want to block
both internet access and phone access in the next few weeks?
Has anyone heard any chatter from the books point of view?
Thanks.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Alcohol and gambling regulators in Minnesota announced Wednesday they have sent notices to phone and internet providers ordering them to cut access of Minnesota-based computers to online gambling websites.
11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers will be getting letters from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division, instructing them to prohibit access to nearly 200 gambling websites.
Online gambling is illegal in all U.S. states. Minnesota believes it's the first state to use a federal statute to restrict online gambling.
“We are putting site operators and Minnesota online gamblers on notice and in advance,” AGED Director John Willems said. “Disruption of these sites’ cash flow will negatively impact their business models. State residents with online escrow accounts should be aware that access to their accounts may be jeopardized and their funds in peril.”
Notices were delivered Monday, April 27. They were sent to:
AT&T Internet Services
Charter Communications
Comcast Cable
Direct TV
Dish Network
Embarq
Sprint/Nextel
Frontier Communications
Qwest
Verizon Wireless
Wildblue Communications
Response from the notified internet providers is expected within two to three weeks, at which time issues of non-compliance will be referred to the Federal Communications Commission.
In the written notices, AGED also provided the telephone numbers for the websites and requested access to those numbers by Minnesotans to be prohibited. For more than two decades, telecoms have shut down telephone numbers at the request of law enforcement agencies when believed to be involved in illegal activities, such as sports book-making telephone numbers.
in Minnesota:
I highlighted my concerns below in the article. My question is:
1. I have funds out there in various books. What
would your recommendations be since they want to block
both internet access and phone access in the next few weeks?
Has anyone heard any chatter from the books point of view?
Thanks.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. - Alcohol and gambling regulators in Minnesota announced Wednesday they have sent notices to phone and internet providers ordering them to cut access of Minnesota-based computers to online gambling websites.
11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers will be getting letters from the Minnesota Department of Public Safety Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division, instructing them to prohibit access to nearly 200 gambling websites.
Online gambling is illegal in all U.S. states. Minnesota believes it's the first state to use a federal statute to restrict online gambling.
“We are putting site operators and Minnesota online gamblers on notice and in advance,” AGED Director John Willems said. “Disruption of these sites’ cash flow will negatively impact their business models. State residents with online escrow accounts should be aware that access to their accounts may be jeopardized and their funds in peril.”
Notices were delivered Monday, April 27. They were sent to:
AT&T Internet Services
Charter Communications
Comcast Cable
Direct TV
Dish Network
Embarq
Sprint/Nextel
Frontier Communications
Qwest
Verizon Wireless
Wildblue Communications
Response from the notified internet providers is expected within two to three weeks, at which time issues of non-compliance will be referred to the Federal Communications Commission.
In the written notices, AGED also provided the telephone numbers for the websites and requested access to those numbers by Minnesotans to be prohibited. For more than two decades, telecoms have shut down telephone numbers at the request of law enforcement agencies when believed to be involved in illegal activities, such as sports book-making telephone numbers.
