Poker legalization making noise in Senate

[skinski]

It seems like it has been a while since any good news has come out of either Wall Street or Washington when it comes to finances.
Everybody is out of money, and lawmakers are scratching their heads wondering how to get more and solve the problems that we have.
Last week New Jersey senator Robert Menendez introduced S.3616, otherwise known as the Internet Skill Game Licensing and Control Act. It's the first time a member of the Senate has ever introduced legislation that relates to online poker.
It is welcomed news that follows last month's ruling in Congress to clarify and define “unlawful Internet gambling,” because few people are able to answer the question.


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[skinski]

The PPA has warned all members that the Bush adminstration is up to his underhanded politics against the online gambler yet again !

'Midnight rulemaking' on Internet gaming

Bush administration should give up last-minute maneuvers Despite an earlier announcement that it would not issue any new "final" regulations after Nov. 1 except in "extraordinary circumstances" -- and despite concerns raised by the nation's bankers that the proposed regulations will be hard to obey and are not likely to work -- the outgoing Bush administration appears to be racing to finalize rules to enforce a ban on Internet gambling before it leaves office.
Critics also object that the new rules -- designed to implement the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 -- are being orchestrated by a former National Football League lobbyist recently arrived in the Bush Administration.


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[skinski]

And it looks like the online gamblers voice and the PPA's has been ignored yet again ! http://pokerplayersalliance.org/press-releases/2008/11/12/press-release-ppa-condemns-finalization-of-internet-gaming-regulations-111208/ :mad: