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Professor I Nelson Rose, recognized as one of the world's leading experts on gambling law, shares how he sees candidates for the 2008 United States presidential election affecting the repeal of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and whether regulation of online poker and gambling on the Internet is returned to individual states.

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Internet Gambling and The Presidential Race, by Professor I Nelson Rose

For far more than 200 years, the federal government has let the states decide what their public policy toward gambling will be. Neighboring states, like Utah and Nevada, can adopt prohibition or casinos, and the federal government's role has been to either step aside, or, if asked, to help a state enforce its laws.

That relationship changed on October 13, 2006, when Pres. George W. Bush signed the SAFE Port Act. As part of a futile presidential bid, Bill Frist (R.-TN.), then Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate, had tacked on the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

The impact of the UIGEA is well known. Now the question is, when will it be changed?

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