USA Today on "Easing Internet Gambling Restrictions"
A story from yesterday's USA Today, bylined by Mike Bambach, noted not one, but three bills in the Congressional hopper that would do just that.
One is the Skill Game Protection Act, brainchild of Robert Wexler (Fl). It's for poker players, and has poker playing ex-NY Sen Al D'Amato pushing for it. He appearss to be one of the over 800,000 members of the Poker Players Alliance.
Rep McDermott of Washington has something called the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2007.
And then, of course,there is Barney Frank's bill (named almost the same as McDermott's, but with the word "tax" deleted), which is the best known.
What the USA Today writer said about it in a tagline is: "The Bill would continue the prohibition of Internet gambling on college and pro events."
Pretty much says it all. The poker players will throw the sports bettors into the fires, as a sacrifice to the gods of morality, just to have their way.
One is the Skill Game Protection Act, brainchild of Robert Wexler (Fl). It's for poker players, and has poker playing ex-NY Sen Al D'Amato pushing for it. He appearss to be one of the over 800,000 members of the Poker Players Alliance.
Rep McDermott of Washington has something called the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act of 2007.
And then, of course,there is Barney Frank's bill (named almost the same as McDermott's, but with the word "tax" deleted), which is the best known.
What the USA Today writer said about it in a tagline is: "The Bill would continue the prohibition of Internet gambling on college and pro events."
Pretty much says it all. The poker players will throw the sports bettors into the fires, as a sacrifice to the gods of morality, just to have their way.