Congressman George Miller, Chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee has become the latest congressman to sign up to Republican Barney Frank’s Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, a bill that was introduced last year to create an exemption to the current ban on online gambling for properly licensed operators. Congressman Miller is a member of the Democratic Leadership and chairman of the House Democratic Policy Committee...

In US, a congressman has testified that regulating and taxing online gambling could generate up to USD 42 billion for Federal coffers over the next decade. The data is based on a detailed tax revenue analysis conducted by an independent accounting firm. The data, based on a detailed tax revenue analysis conducted by an independent accounting firm, was provided in testimony submitted to the House Committee on the Judiciary recently by Representative Jim McDermott.

In US, the proposed Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) has received the support of another Member of the House of Representatives, bringing the total number of those supporting the legislation to 40. The latest to agree to co-sponsor the legislation first introduced by Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank, officially known as House of Representatives 2046, is James Moran.

In the US, the Massachusetts Democrat Congressman Barney Frank revealed that his proposed Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act (IGREA) will not become a reality anytime soon. Speaking this week, Frank said that his Bill to overturn the UIGEA has stalled although pressure from foreign countries could revive the legislation. He said that pressure brought on the Bush administration by the World Trade Organization along with compensation claims from the European Union could offer a significant boost to his legislation becoming a reality.