HR 2046 WORRYING ONLINE GAMBLING OPPONENTS - Online-Casinos.com

HR 2046 WORRYING ONLINE GAMBLING OPPONENTS

The growing number of co-sponsors for Congressman Barney Frank's Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, together with the recent Congressional hearings that exposed the impracticalities of the Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act that it seeks to overturn received coverage in the Washington DC publication "Townhall" this week.

In an article written by Paul M. Weyrich of the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, the publication described gambling as "...a particularly destructive addiction, falsely leading people to believe that if they just bet on one more game they will turn a profit. In reality, many destroy their finances, their marriages and their lives." It did not quote any figures to illustrate the prevalence percentages of problem gambling despite the availability of this information from various recent surveys.

Unfortunately the author appeared to miss (or ignore) the point that regulation could provide more protection for online gamblers by providing them with websites that have to comply with stringent requirements regarding the exclusion of problem gambling and underage persons. Instead, it focused on the role of UIGEA - to disrupt financial transactions with online gambling companies - although it did concede that the federal authorities were still struggling to implement the law.


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