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New Web Gambling Study Could Lead to Legal Online Poker in USA AgainMon, Mar 19th, 2007 @ 12:00am Two Nevada lawmakers are working on legislation for an 18-month study of online gambling to determine whether online gambling can be effectively regulated in the United States. U.S. Reps. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and Jon Porter, R-Nev. are expected to reveal the co-sponsored legislation within the next few weeks, and they hope to gain a powerful ally in Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee and a longtime critic of gambling restrictions, has called last year's Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) bill's ban of online gambling "preposterous" and one of the "stupidest" bills ever passed (click here to read related PokerPages Article). Frank has said he is considering proposing a repeal of the ban, which aims to shut down 2,300 Internet gambling sites producing about $12 billion (about 6.17 billion pounds or Euros 9 billion) per year. Berkley said she talked to Frank on Wednesday on the House floor about Internet gambling and they plan to meet again "in the very near future." Any legislation to regulate online gambling in the US would also require the support of the American Gaming Association, who has in the past said they would support such a study (click here to read related PokerPages Article). "The purpose of our bill is to provide a comprehensive study with detailed information on the expanded growth of Internet gambling," Berkley said. To avoid the political bickering that plagued a federal commission that completed a two-year study of legalized gambling in June 1999, Berkley and Porter would assign an 18-month Internet gambling study to the National Research Council, which is an agency of the National Academy of Sciences. "This actually is a very independent institution which has the resources to get the facts to Congress," Porter said. Porter introduced a similar bill last year, which Berkley co-sponsored. Despite Congress approving an Internet gambling ban last October, Porter said he thinks lawmakers would consider a repeal. A date has not been set, but Porter said he still plans to visit the Isle of Man, Britain, and Madrid, Spain, to observe Internet gambling operations firsthand. Berkley's position on Internet gambling has changed since July 2000, when she voted for an online betting ban proposed by Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. "I would say technology has improved over the last few years, and I have greater faith in the ability to regulate Internet gambling so that it does not pose a threat to minors," Berkley said. Read Related Articles:
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