ATTENTION: U.S. PLAYERS!
Dear U.S. Players:
Like 4-5 million other Americans, you enjoy going online to place bets on casino-style games or sporting events. You are not a problem gambler; you simply enjoy an occasional game
of blackjack, but don’t always want to drive to a casino, or else you place an occasional bet on a football game, but don’t want to deal with a bookie.
Unfortunately, many people in the U.S. Congress don’t want you to be able to do that. They believe that it is the government’s responsibility to prevent you from making choices that they consider to be immoral or unwise, and they want to force U.S. financial institutions to implement their personal judgments.
Jim Leach, a Republican Congressman from Iowa, has re-introduced his “Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act,” H.R. 21. Under the Leach bill, every U.S. business which handles money, from banks and credit card companies to online payment businesses to wire services like Western Union, would be required to filter out and block any transaction which could possibly be related to online wagering. Aside from the fact that this would prevent you from betting online, it is an unprecedented invasion of privacy to require financial institutions to sort through every transaction you make and try to determine which ones might violate someone else’s moral standards.
Last fall, the House of Representatives passed the Leach bill. Fortunately, that session of Congress ended before the Senate could consider the bill. Leach has wasted no time in re-filing his pernicious legislation in this new session of Congress. Although the House is expected to pass the bill again, it’s not a done deal. And no one knows what the Senate will do. It is time to tell Congress that you don’t want the government making these decisions for you! There is still time to stop the Leach bill, but only if U.S. players make their voices heard.
Contact your U.S. Representative and both of your state’s Senators! Below are some taking points, which you should restate in your own words in e-mails to your Representative and to your Senators. (It is important to use your own words, because when legislators get a large number of e-mails that say exactly the same thing, they suspect that it is a computer generating false names and e-mail addresses.)
Tell the people that represent you in Washington that you are an adult, and can make decisions for yourself! Wagering is a personal decision, and millions of Americans do it harmlessly; in fact the largest processor of wagers are state lotteries, sponsored by the state governments themselves.
Tell your Representative and Senators that you don’t want your financial institution sifting through your transactions trying to “sniff out’ which ones might be Internet gaming! It is unprecedented for the government to “deputize” private corporations and make them violate individuals’ privacy the way the Leach bill seeks to.
Tell your Representative and Senators that on Election Day, you will remember how they voted! Next year, all Representatives and many Senators will be up for re-election. Let them know that your vote will be influenced, if not determined, by their vote on the Leach bill.
U.S. PLAYERS ONLY
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IT’S YOUR GOVERNMENT – MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU!
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