Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) made a second attempt at curbing the greatly over reaching Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) that was passed as an amendment to the 2006 Safe Ports Act. His first attempt, H.R. 5767 Payments System Protection Act, failed to make it out of the House Financial Services Committee. His [...]

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Today, there will be a hearing in the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee. On their agenda is the Barney Frank and Ron Paul’s bill H.R. 5767 Payments System Protection Act. If you’re so inclined, you can watch a webcast of the proceedings! Unfortunately, I’ll be running errands most of the day [...]

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France Drafts UIGEA-Style Decree, EU Opposes
Yay EU, boo France.
I know that I’ve been pretty quiet here, lately. With being back at work, the teaching schedule I have this semester, and the excitement of the IRL/CCSW unification has distracted me quite a bit. I’ll get back on track soon.
I did play some poker [...]

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The state of California is investigating whether intrastate on-line poker is legal within the framework of the UIGEA and other federal regulations. Myself, I think this is a no-brainer, but having the legal precedence and affirmation will do a lot to pave the way to unambiguously legal gaming for us all. This, of [...]

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FoxNews.com has an excellent article, Internet Gambling Ban: Why You Should Oppose It, explaining why its not just us poker players and gamblers (punters if you prefer) that should be worried about this legislation. The enforcement of this law will require an unprecedented amount of power to be given to industry and the government [...]

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