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Online Gambling in the Polls
 August 30, 2007, 5:16 am (4 years ago)With barely over a year before the Presidential election, the online gambling issue couldn’t come at a better time. In light of recent debates, it’s becoming very clear that the online gambling industry will see their fair share of candidates and voters alike talking about the issue at hand.
Democrat Shelley Berkley, a Congress woman from Nevada, has been before the House with a bill that calls for a more research of the online gambling situation. She’s been backed by sixty fellow Congressmen and women. She asks for a study to be done by the National Academy of Sciences on behalf of the US government. The bill itself does not take a side, either for or against online gambling, it simply asks for the issue to be studied, to reach the best decision, whatever that decision may be.
There are currently four bills presented before Congress at the moment. Along with Berkley’s bill, there is a bill from Massachusettes Democrat Barney Frank, known as the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007. Berkeley has also signed this bill.
Florida Democrat Robert Wexler is calling for the regulation of poker. He isn’t asking for the banning of poker, only that it, along with other games of skill, be excluded from UIGEA.
Washington Democrat Jim McDermott also has his name in the hat with his Internet Gambling Tax Act, which calls for a change of the IRS code, asking that a 2% tax be placed on all bets.
With the election looming, one can only wager on how these bills will be handled once a new President takes office. However, since the bills are being addressed before the election, the four combined could propose a sturdy opposition to current administration policy.
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