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Protection for previous record
 August 3, 2008, 9:59 am (3 years ago)Again, additional legislation on Internet gambling was brought into Congress by Representative Pete Sessions this week in the form of HR6663; it’s called UIGEA Clarification Act.
The suggestion is going to almost certainly be welcomed by online gambling industries which were energetic in the U.S. market previous to the signing into law of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act in late 2006, but removed when it was passed. This is due to the suggestion seeking to forbid the trial, on gambling accuses or for any monetary offense involved with gambling, of any company or individual cooperated with a company that discontinued taking U.S. Internet bets after October 13, 2006.
That may profit companies like Party Gaming, 888.com and other main companies who left the US market when UIGEA was passed, with the insinuation that these are not supposed to go through disciplinary action with respect to the new law.
There has been frequent media news over the past years that main online gambling companies going down inside this group have engaged the American authorities in challenges to keep away from being punished for pre-UIGEA business in the States.
However, the proposal is not protecting companies that took sports bets previous to or later than UIGEA, and legal specialists have explained that HR6663 includes a "sense of Congress" stipulation that law enforcement efforts are supposed to be concentrate on sports gambling.
Like Nevada Representative Shelley Berkely's suggestion for a self-governing study of Internet gambling, HR6663 is going to be brought up by the August recess of Congress, and it is improbable that anything is gong to take place on the bill until September. For the time being, it has been presented to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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