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Is Online Poker Legal?
By Dan Cypra for POKER NEWS DAILY
December 02, 2008 - CBS News program “60
Minutes,” which aired on Sunday night, claimed on multiple
occasions that online poker was illegal in the United States. Near the top of the show, correspondent
Steve Kroft narrated, “We should tell you that this $18 billion industry is
illegal in the U.S.” However, is that really the case?
Is online poker really illegal? Poker News Daily sat down with gambling law
expert Professor I. Nelson Rose to discuss
the legality of online poker.
Interestingly, Rose noted
that the producers of the popular Sunday night program called him in order to
ask his interpretation of whether online poker is legal. He told Poker News
Daily, “I thought I made it clear to them. You can’t say for sure that online
poker is illegal. There are too many variables. The show gave the false
impression that it’s a crime to play poker when in fact in probably half of the
states, you’re not committing any crime at all.
Read the full article on Poker News Daily: http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/is-online-poker-legal-770/
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Online Casinos Needed by Congress, Says AGA President |
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Online Casinos Needed by Congress, Says AGA President
Fahrenkopf asserts that there may be billions in revenue for the federal government through taxation of online casinos.
By Matt Miller
Online Casino Advisory.com
November 16, 2008 - The land casino industry is starting to examine
options regarding online casinos. Last week, the president of the American
Gaming Association offered his opinion that legalized online gambling is the
future in the United States.
Frank Fahrenkopf runs the organization responsible for representing the giant
casino operators. On the board of the AGA are such gambling executives as
Steve Wynn, Gary Loveman of Harrah's Entertainment, and Dan Lee of
Pinnacle. This group has extensively lobbied in the past to keep Internet
competition at bay by banning it.
But now, giant land casino resorts are next to impossible to finance, and
revenues are dropping as travel becomes too expensive for many gamblers. And a
new vision is taking place at the American Gaming Association.
Fahrenkopf sees the legalization and regulation of Internet gambling as key to
Congressional budgets. Fahrenkopf, who knows politics from his days as chairman
of the Republican Party during the Reagan Presidency, says in an interview with
the Reno Gazette, "...any Congressman or Senator who introduces a piece of
legislation that is going to cost something will also have to show how they are
going to pay for it, either by cutting spending in one place or raising taxes
in another. So we know under those circumstances, they will be looking around
at a place to get additional revenue."
Fahrenkopf asserts that there may be billions in revenue for the federal
government through taxation of online casinos. And it's clear through his
statements that some of his members are rethinking online gambling.
Fahrenkopf mentions that Harrah's,
as owner of the World Series of Poker, would be interested in exploring
Internet opportunities. And he also mentions MGM Mirage as being another company
eyeing the great returns on relatively minuscule investment of online casino
gambling.
The net result is that a lobby dedicated to preventing any incursions by
Internet casinos now may reverse itself, pressing for online gambling as best
for all concerned.
Published by: http://www.onlinecasinoadvisory.com/casino-news/online/aga-looks-to-online-gambling-42321.htm
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The many faces of legislations concerning online gambling |
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The many faces of
legislations concerning online gambling
by Arthur Crowson
PokerListings.com
May 19, 2008 - The gambling laws in Europe are often quite complex. First,
there is each country’s legislation, which might say one thing; and then there
is the EU legislation, which might
contradict the individual country’s law.
The legislations regarding gambling
online in the Netherlands, for instance, are now up for
discussions. The Dutch government claims online gambling is illegal while EU
has given the Netherlands a final warning before it issues
court action over their gaming restrictions.
http://www.pokerlistings.com/dutch-seek-help-to-fight-illegal-online-gambling-26905
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