US Rep. introduces revised Internet gambling bill

Comment #31

tiggs95 — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:25:43 GMT

Yo Yo,Ding Dong..We are getting hip..

Comment #30

rdgrnr — Wed, 19 May 2010 09:11:10 GMT

LOL! I had a feelin' the trees would be in your way Ding Dong

Comment #29

pepper1 — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:27:30 GMT

I agree with you. I think it should be legal to do as we please. They should mind there own business. They got

to much money that's why they're always mess with us. I also think that they need to leave people along

that have the machine in there stores. Sometime when I watch TV and leave the room I come back

and my cable logo is going across the screen, and I wonder I'm paying for this why isn't my program still

going as long as I want it to.

Comment #28

sully16 — Tue, 18 May 2010 20:56:30 GMT

Darlin, loose lips sink ships, if you don't think the states have someone monitoring this site , you'd be very wrong. Internet gambling in the us is illegal. not judging just saying be careful.

Comment #27

marcie — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:39:54 GMT

LOL!! No the Trees keep getting in the way Yo Yo!! The parties just started!!

More Money more money!!! We pay taxes all the time. Yeah some more dimes

Comment #26

rdgrnr — Tue, 18 May 2010 09:57:16 GMT

I was wondering about that? I like things the way they are. I want all my money. Don't you?

Heh, heh, heh.

You're kidding, right?

No Marcie, the party's over, we all have to pay more taxes now for all the new government programs. He could take all of the rich peoples' money and it still wouldn't be enough. We will all be giving more and more and more to pay for it all. Ain't this hope and change nice? Yes he lied, but at least he's cool! Yes we can! Yes we can!

Think... [ More ]

Comment #25

marcie — Tue, 18 May 2010 05:01:49 GMT

If they are from another Country they don't have to co-operate do that??? I was wondering about that? I like things the way they are. I want all my money. Don't you

Comment #24

jeffrey — Tue, 18 May 2010 04:18:53 GMT

Tuesday is Soylent Green day, make room, make room. It is coming. The government already considers the American people livestock fattened for the slaughter. I should consider moving if there was a place where there was a government that wasn't a separate entity rather than a true representative body. We don't need the Visitors from the V series to come eat us, we have our tax and spend elected officials.

Comment #23

time*treat — Tue, 18 May 2010 03:17:20 GMT

No need to, they just get the banks to allow or disallow the transaction.

Comment #22

Tenaj — Tue, 18 May 2010 02:29:57 GMT

Question. How are they going to make the off-shore people cooperate

Comment #21

LANTERN — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:54:28 GMT

Maybe once a person pays all the taxes and other charges, you might just get $500 or much less.

Comment #20

Lucky Loser — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:53:46 GMT

Amen, Amen, and Amen. If people go to work and earn their money, then they're entitled to spend it the way the want. If they are fortunate enough to make or win money through something they are at losings odds with, they should definitely be able to keep 100% of it.

The government is just greedy and wants to have its' hand in every little penny existing...SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND WASTE FOR US!!

All I can say is write your congress and tell them exactly as you've all stated here. They alread... [ More ]

Comment #19

joker831 — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:23:12 GMT

I've been gambling online for YEARS. I have never had a problem depositing money or getting paid. Been doing it since about 1985. Now the FEDS are realizing that they are missing out on a LOT of money in potential taxes. What a bunch of idiots. Sometimes your odds are better gambling online. It just really depends on where you gamble. I have made a ton of money gambling online. It is about they legalize it.

Comment #18

Ms. Pat — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:26:40 GMT

Does anyone know when they will vote on it

Comment #17

takeitez — Mon, 17 May 2010 22:09:41 GMT

The internet sites pay $900 for a pick 3 straight.

The states pay $500.

Do you think this will fly??

ez

Comment #16

NBey6 — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:21:14 GMT

Well said Todd -

The crime should not be Internet gambling -- rather, it should be a crime to tell people what they can and can't do with their own money.

Now that's what I'm talking about. They (big brother- gov't) interfere so much that the average person now thinks it's a privilege to think for themselves

Comment #15

mjwinsmith — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:10:38 GMT

If you walked into a restaurant and asked for service and the proprietor said he/she would not accept your money, you ve been banned from service pure plain and simple.

Michael

Comment #14

Stack47 — Mon, 17 May 2010 17:51:52 GMT

If they means Congress, they never actually outlawed Internet gambling. What they did was stop money transfers from U.S. banks to Internet gambling sites. The biggest effect was to Online casinos and bingo games and most of them were forced to shut down. Basically if the sites issued players a check, no U.S. bank could cash it. The Online poker sites where less effected because of the large volume of foreign players and most of those sites have found other means for U.S. players to maintain real... [ More ]

Comment #13

Lotterologist — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:55:59 GMT

They shouldn't have outlawed internet gambling in the FIRST place, then they wouldn't have to be GOING through this ignorant mess

Comment #12

mjwinsmith — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:45:20 GMT

The crime should not be Internet gambling -- rather, it should be a crime to tell people what they can and can't do with their own money.

I totally agree, are you idiots in Washington listening?

Tea Party, Coffee Party any other party, it's our rights as Americans.... are you idiots in Washington listening??

It's Our Freaking Money; we can do with it What the Freak we want.

I am sick of these boobs in Washington telling US what the freak we can do with our money!

We earn it; we pa... [ More ]

Comment #11

ThatScaryChick — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:40:39 GMT

I also agree with this

Comment #10

sully16 — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:26:59 GMT

Thank you

Comment #9

Todd — Mon, 17 May 2010 16:11:44 GMT

The crime should not be Internet gambling -- rather, it should be a crime to tell people what they can and can't do with their own money.

I know the government looks at any form of gambling as a new revenue stream, but in reality any taxes should exist on Internet gambling only in large enough amounts to self-fund the regulatory body necessary to prevent scams.

Comment #8

Captain Lotto — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:16:02 GMT

I understand the anti-tax argument, but how do you guys feel about legal Internet gambling

Comment #7

crow — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:41:31 GMT

How bout we do this: how bout we toss the bums out come November especially Barney Frank given the way he denied envolvment in the banking crisis....and I'm gonna listen to this guy?

Heck no I'm not!

Our whole tax structure has been broke because of reckless intervention by the very ones we put into office....the states have to create all these vast lottos as a means to create revenue due to all the middle class jobs that have been lost to China/Mexico...

Always look for washington poli... [ More ]

Comment #6

dpoly1 — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:39:08 GMT

It is high time for FORMER Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA

Comment #5

Captain Lotto — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:23:50 GMT

There is already a national pool for states to tax internet purchases which several have joined. Many more have considered it this year and will probably opt-in next year.

The big argument is that locals who pay taxes can't compete with box houses that don't.

Comment #4

Jack-C — Mon, 17 May 2010 13:02:37 GMT

The bill is H.R. 4976. You can follow its progress by going to thomas.gov.

Comment #3

joshuacloak — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:39:07 GMT

am all for making ever thing legal

however new tax's, hell no

the govt are rackless children with money, they don't earn anything them selfs, and send our money as if children in a toy store

they only have mom dads credit card with unlimited credit line

, spend happy nuts

i say kill all tax's and make the govt by force small as can be

Comment #2

rollback01 — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:36:26 GMT

They would have to come out with a internet type of card or an type of bank card that is already taxed you thank

Comment #1

adamc224 — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:13:50 GMT

If they can make it work for people to actually win money and the states, to make some tax money... so be it, as for the federal government... they need no more taxes because they will still spend what we don't have.

I am all for protection of people online but it is just another regulation, taxation, that will in turn generate more needed government programs to monitor.... and in turn might cost more than it makes.

This I am afraid will open the door to an internet tax on all online purch... [ More ]

US Rep. introduces revised Internet gambling bill

Lottery Post — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:45:33 GMT

In March, Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) announced that he was re-introducing legislation to tax licensed Internet gambling in the U.S.

The bill, known as the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act, is a companion to legislation introduced by Rep. Barney Frank that would license and regulate online gambling. Rep. McDermott's bill includes new provisions that weren't in the original version introduced in October, including a revenue incentive for States that could generate up to an es... [ More ]