Regulator: Internet gambling future unclear - San Jose Mercury News

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CARSON CITY, Nev.—The future of Internet gambling, which the Bush administration sought to bar in a rule issued in November, remains "very much up in the air," a Nevada regulator told lawmakers Tuesday.

Dennis Neilander, chairman of the state Gaming Control Board, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that without clarification from the courts or Congress he believes Nevada is precluded from adding Internet gambling to the many games it regulates.

The Bush administration's rule, from the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve, requires financial companies to establish procedures by Dec. 1 to prevent payments stemming from Internet gambling activity.

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