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In United States, a bill sponsored by Nevada Representative Shelly Berkeley that would commission a full and independent study into internet gambling and its connotations for American people has been put on hold until at least next month.
House of Representatives Bill 2140, also recognized as the Internet Gambling Study Act, was set to be marked up previous week before the House Judiciary Committee but it became one of a dozen pieces of legislation postpone so that members could debate a resolution on Karl Rove. The former Deputy White House Chief of Staff is supposed to have revealed that identity of a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent in reprisal for her husband’s criticism of the Bush Administration’s handling of the war in Iraq. Time constraints following the extensive discussions on whether Rove should be placed in disdain meant that other bills did not make the cut before Congress adjourned for its August recess.
“We knew the Bill was planned to come up but possibly wouldn’t be voted on,” said John Pappas, Executive Director for the Poker Players Alliance.
“It was a grouping of other priorities of the House Judiciary Committee and that they weren’t 100 percent secure of the vote count.”
The Online Gambling Study Act was planned last May and has the support of the American Gaming Association along with many politicians as a practical way to know the pros and cons of regulating and possibly taxing online gambling. It has, so far, received 73 co-sponsors in Congress, the most of any piece of Internet-related gambling legislation.
Source: igamingbusiness.com
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