On that day, HR2267, the gambling bill written by Congressman Barney Franks (overturning the UIGEA) passed through the House Financial Services Committee, and signed on it’s 70th Co-Sponsor, Rep John Campbell, California.
It’s not such a small step either. Before the bill even reaches the House for a vote, we have a great number of Lawmakers ready to vote YES!
While the House Financial Services Committee approved the Internet gambling regulatory bill, it has been now been sent to the House Energy and Commerce and the House Judiciary committees.
If the bill passes those committees, it would go before the House of Representatives. It needs only a majority of the vote, only 148 votes in favor of the bill are needed.
The House is on vacation this month (August) and has a full agenda when it returns in September. Just when they’ll get our bill of course, is anybody’s guess right now.
Add to that, the November election is looming and looking very shaky so that will have a definite dampening effect on when (or if) our bill, which would regulate online gambling in the US by overturning the UIGEA, comes to a vote.
Unfortunately for sports fans, Online Sportsbooks in the US would not be covered by this legislation.
So, let’s hope more co-sponsors sign on. Let’s hope the bill goes to the House for a vote. And let’s hope the outcome is the only fair one – the revocation of that horrible UIGEA.
I hope you all hate (hmmmm dislike) Microsoft. If not for their poor (Horrible) products, then for their poor (Horrible) business practices. (Don’t get me started – ’cause it goes all the way back to their early days – read about those pirates yourself).
Now, our beloved Yahoo has decided to get into bed with the Redmond, WA bandits. They’re merging their Search Marketing with (gag) Bing!
We who love Gambling (and that really includes EVERYONE – if you don’t believe me – stop buying Stocks, Bonds, Insurance Policies, and picking your Mate) had to leave Google… and now Yahoo too!
There is a (silly?) law in California that in essence states that an outcome cannot be determined by a roll of dice.
So, where does that put us Craps players? The answer is GREAT news!
California law says that instead of using dice in a gambling game, casinos must use either cards or a combination of cards and dice.
Without going into the math of how many cards to use, let me just say that 264 is the magic number. And for this post, I’m going to concentrate on one Casino that uses 264 cards numbering Ace (1) through six. No other cards are used.
That Casino is in San Diego (Alpine), and it’s called Viejas! http://www.viejas.com/
Now, let me tell you why the news is so good: Read the rest…
I’ve witnessed poor (criminal) politics, and it makes me sick! What’s even sicker is the fact that people “buy it”. Many people take the media reports as gospel, without questioning. I wish we could all read between the lines.
As you know, I’m outwardly against the “Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act”, and I’m looking forward to the day when this crap is overturned (for all the right reasons you’ve read here before).
So, I’m very much in support of Barney Franks and his tireless efforts to stop it! He has again introduced a bill that would DEFINE online gambling and legalize it. Yay!
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that a Renton, WA lawyer’s campaign to make Washington state safe for Internet poker players lost again on Monday.
“A state appeals court rejected Lee Rousso’s arguments that a 2006 law that forbids Internet gambling in the state violates the clause of the U.S. Constitution that gives the federal government the right to regulate interstate commerce.”
“Last May, a King County Superior Court judge also ruled against Rousso on a day that 70 online poker players rallied outside the courthouse.
Many of my readers have written to me about the great fun you’re
having on the free betting sites that I’ve recommended. If you’re
one of them, hold on, I’ve got something incredible for you.
If you’re not familiar with this concept, let me explain…
You can now bet online on your favorite teams (or boxers, or tennis
players etc etc etc) risking None of your own money, but you are
able to collect real money when you win.
Repeated from an earlier Post on Sports Betting Online
by popular request.
Ever since the illegal (or at the very least – immoral) passage (?)
of the Port bill that contained (hidden within) the UIGEA, the
bettors in the US have been “breaking the law” at worst, and
confused at best! We search for Sports Betting Online – Legally! Read the rest…
Ever since the illegal (or at the very least – immoral) passage (?) of the Port bill that contained (hidden within) the UIGEA the bettors in the US have been “breaking the law” at worst, and confused at best! We search for Sports Betting Online – Legally!
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If you need some encouragement to get out and vote on Tuesday, take the urgings of John Kerry and Al Gore… both are reminding us of what can happen by very narrow margins.
Don’t ever forget the lessons of 2000 and 2004 – VOTE! Your vote DOES COUNT!!!!
Do you know how your own legislators feel about gambling, and more specifically online gambling?
You know… I’m finally just sick and tired of being the punching bag. I just read about another low-life, sneaky, cowardly thief who blamed gambling for her propensity to steal. I’m sorry Maine Lady (who stole $43,000 from elderly patients), but if you have the desire to steal, you are that type of person. Read the rest…
I’ve been away for some time now, and I’ve been hoping I could return to this blog with some great news.
The news is not great, but it IS good!
The battle for reversing the UIGEA is heating up, and the positive outcome is within sight.
It’s been understood for many months (even since the UIGEA was quietly and covertly slipped into the notorious “Patriot Bill” – and therefore became “law”) that the law is lame (and uninforceable) for a number of reasons. Read the rest…
On Friday, Representatives Barney Frank and Ron Paul introduced a new bill aimed at squashing the foolish UIGEA (Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006).
Their Bill would prohibit the Department of The Treasury and Federal Reserve System from proposing, prescribing or implementing any regulations related to the current ban on Internet gambling, as required by the UIGEA
You see, the problems are many, but the easiest target is Read the rest…
Not ALL Politicians are 1) against online gambling, 2) STUPID (even if they come from the same state as the numbskull Governor that hates online gambling but wants 3 new casinos in his state: Mass) There’s one politician there: Rep. Barney Frank, D that is smart enough to recognize the UIGEA as “one of the stupidest things” he has ever seen…
You’re a gambler! You believe we should be left free to enjoy what we want! There are those however who believe we are incapable of deciding for ourselves and we must be therefore “protected” from ourselves. Occasionally (but not frequently enough), those “do-gooders” get their just rewards… public exposure, humiliation, and the slammer!
Did you giggle at the embarrassing revelation of Eliot Spitzer’s high, HIGH expenditures on prostitutes? Did you get the full blast satisfaction of karma at it’s finest? You’re a gambler! You MUST read who was instrumental in – no, make that leading the assault against online gambling… if you didn’t know, or cannot guess…
It was none other than that lying, conniving, holier-than-thou, pillar of public self-protection advocate, and “law-abiding (ahme) citizen”: Eliot Spitzer… ptueee – I spit his name – lol. The following article is reprinted here just because YOU HAVE TO READ IT TO BELIEVE IT!!!! With my thanks to those who wrote and printed this ahead of me, I’M very appreciative!
It seems there’s another outlaw in town. A site that has been “friendly” to US Poker Players might have been wearing a Black Hat!
“Ultimate Bet” is now under investigation for cheating.
If that weren’t bad enough, UB is solely owned and operated by Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG, Route 138, Kahnawake, Quebec J0L 1B0, and is operated from the sovereign nation of the Mohawks of Kahnawake, located near Montreal Quebec.
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Not ALL Politicians are 1) against online gambling, 2) STUPID (even if they come from the same state as the numbskull Governor that hates online gambling but wants 3 new casinos in his state: Mass) There’s one politician there: Rep. Barney Frank, D that is smart enough to recognize the UIGEA as “one of the stupidest things” he has ever seen…
