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Message: [QUOTE="robwhufc, post: 416002, member: 4289"] These quotes are from Republican Dave Weldon (from Marklar's link). [I]The FBI and the Department of Justice say Internet gambling serves as a medium for money laundering activities, and can be exploited by terrorists to that end. Congress has a chance to address this issue when it considers legislation I have co-sponsored, H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.[/I] Probably is true, but then surely the thing to do would be to regulate and check sites, not attempt to ban them. Money Launderers would move money at high volume, not at the low limit tables, so surely with the assistance of the gaming sites it would be easier to spot potential launderers (and hence terrorists). He doesn't seem to realise that the USA does not equal the World. Banning Americans form access to the site wouldn't stop Money Laundering if that is going on. [I]This act will preserve states' ability to regulate gambling within their borders, but with better controls so that it does not extend beyond their borders or to minors. It gives law enforcement clear authority to investigate, prosecute and terminate offshore Internet gambling sites that violate U.S. law.[/I] Prosecute and terminate offshore Internet gambling sites that violate US Law? Does America really does consider itself to be above the rest of the world like this, with the ability to shut down companies operating overseas because they do not adhere to the same moral code as them? [I]Given the social consequences, Congress should not neglect its duty in providing safeguards and firewalls from those who would callously entrap new gamblers for the sake of a quick profit. We have successfully regulated gambling for the past 70 years. Now is not the time to give that all back because some offshore, shadowy gambling sites have misused the Internet as a loophole.[/I] Shadowy gaming groups including Party Gaming (floated on London Stock exchange with a bigger value than Sainsburys?), 888 Gaming, Pokerstars, Ladbrokes / William Hill (legitimate regulated companies). They are offshore because they cant be onshore, and they are much more opaque than the majority of big US businesses I bet. [I]The fact remains: Internet gambling — in its current unrestricted, unregulated state — preys on those who are easy targets for gambling operators. And longer Congress delays action, the more harm offshore gambling operations will cause.[/I] Restrict and regulate it then! It's not preying on easy targets - you need to make a sustained, concious effort to purchase a computer, download software, register details - it's not like taking casual puff of a spliff and descending into a life of drug abuse. If you play Poker / Casino games, it's because you WANT to - by all means cut down on thhe junk / spam emails, but legislate the companies to do so. [I]Consider recent studies indicating that Internet gambling operations are particularly adept at targeting young college students who enjoy 24-hour Internet access and easy credit. An estimated 1.6 million college students gambled online last year. Of those, as many as one in four may already be pathological gamblers.[/I] 1.6 million college students gambled online because they WANTED to - they weren't forced too. If there is a genuine run off social problem with internet gambling, then possibly it should be banned, but this needs to be investigated, dont just pick out figures at random and say what MAY be happening. And how exactly does Horse race betting and online lotteries betting stop the same people becoming pathological gamblers? The run off from this will affect the whole world, but there's nothing much we can do over here, but you can. You are voters, you have elected officials, and you can put forward your point of view. It's always the Antis that seem to shout louder - if your congressman voted for the bill, ask him why he doesn't feel you should be allowed to play a $5 SnG for an hours enjoyment in the evening, and why he feels you should be allowed to buy a $5 lottery ticket or bet $5 on a horse race. [/QUOTE]

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