Internet gambling bill awaits house vote

Comment #12

marcie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:26:20 GMT

I will be glad to when they pass the Law for Gambling on the Internet, I can stay right at home instead of going out of town, because we have no Casinos in Ohio, althought they are talking about passing a

Bill the Gov. of Ohio said that last week, that he will pass it.

Comment #11

four4me — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:17 GMT

Pronounced hi li it's a game where they use what appears to be a half banana about 2 ft long they place a ball in it and throw. it is known as the worlds fastest game. Pretty exciting to watch.

In the United States, Jai-alai is quite popular among gamblers in Florida where it is used as a basis for pari-mutuel gambling. In fact, professional Jai-alai in America originated at the Miami Fronton. World Jai-alai, which is based in Miami, has promoted the most extensive amateur Jai-alai program ev... [ More ]

Comment #10

Tenaj — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:51:32 GMT

Congress should create a framework to regulate Internet gambling as away to protect consumers and collect billions in much-needed federalrevenue.

Protecting consumers is crap. They just want to stick their foot in it. This is money driven. But I hope it pass. It's interesting that it's horse and dog racing and whatever jai alai is and not sports betting. Like people are not going to continue to do sport betting. How are they going to tell what people are betting on when it's time to make dep... [ More ]

Comment #9

gopher07 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:20:29 GMT

Hope this bill passes there are alot of people out there needing money, and I am not talking about people who lost there jobs or people who make good money or college grads..think about all the people who are handicap that cant find good jobs...that are blind in one eye or deaf in one ear....and having poker as a way to make money without being left behind in our country....

Comment #8

NoCompLotto! — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:40:13 GMT

The reason why that is in place is because lottery tickets cannot be sold over state lines. That rule has been in place for a while. But it is up to each individual state to determine if they want to sell tickets online, as the current UIGEA specifically exempts state lotteries from that (ridiculous) piece of legislation.

Expect to see more states moving soon to sell online - my belief is that they will have to pay out less in commissions this way.

Comment #7

atoz — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:24:28 GMT

I dont know why they couldnt include buying tickets over the internet on our favorite state lotteries. Some one needs to push that too.

Comment #6

Think — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:20:09 GMT

Sigh...I didn't see anything in the story that said we would be able to buy tickets over the internet from the lotteries that we wanted to.

Comment #5

Icezkube — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:24:53 GMT

And so the internet gamling begins......i wouldnt be surprised if it passes.

Comment #4

ThatScaryChick — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:05:44 GMT

I hope this passes as well. It will give those of us a chance to play games that we otherwise would never have access to.

Comment #3

diamondpalace — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:34:50 GMT

Let's hope they pass it.

Comment #2

grandpajohn — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:05:57 GMT

I'll be glad when it does pass so I know when I'm playing I won't be in trouble.

Comment #1

LckyLary — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:28:13 GMT

Am eagerly awaiting all the SPAM for online casinos which has not been around for several years;

and the horror stories about people that lose their home to online gambling w/o even leaving the house.

Internet gambling bill awaits house vote

Lottery Post — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:51:02 GMT

Legislation seeks to enable some forms of online gambling such as Internet poker and wagering on horse racing

Congress is moving closer to passing legislation that will relieve U.S. financial services companies from implementing bans on Internet gambling as the Payments System Protection Act (H.R. 6870) was approved by the House Committee on Financial Services and appears headed for a possible vote by the full House next week.

Pushed by the committee's chairman, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.,... [ More ]