In America, a survey conducted by the University of Nevada Las Vegas (UNLV) has revealed that only 3.7 percent of people in the state have gambled online in the past five years. The Nevada Gaming Control regulatory body commissioned the study as it looks at the possibility of sanctioning online gambling in the state and employed UNLV to gauge interest among residents.
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.
More than 100 of America's top poker players descended on Washington earlier this week to lobby politicians to rescind the controversial law that aims to prohibit online gambling. Repercussions continue apace from the legislation, which last year sent UK betting enterprises such as PartyGaming scurrying back across the Atlantic and sparked huge falls in their shares. Earlier this week the World Trade Organisation and the US announced that they needed more time to work out the envisaged billions of dollars worth of compensation, as the ban breaks global trade rules.
Das US-amerikanische Finanzministerium und der US-Zentralbankrat haben am 1. Oktober 2007 einen gemeinsamen, 51-seitigen Regelungsvorschlag zur Umsetzung des im letzten Jahr erlassenen Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) vorgelegt. Mit dem UIGEA wollen die USA von ihr als rechtwidrig betrachtete Internet-Glücksspielanbieter bekämpfen. Hierzu sollen Zahlungsflüsse an ausländische Buchmacher und Glücksspielanbieter effektiv unterbunden werden (insbesondere Kreditkartenzahlungen, Überweisungen und Zahlungen per Scheck).
A US gaming lawyer and respected author has stated that online gambling in the nation is not dead despite the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) as there will be increased demand by individual states for involvement in the activity and the revenues it can raise. Martin Owens was speaking in Spain at a conference during the sixth annual European Interactive Gaming Congress And Expo (EiG) and ran over the “curious” nature of state versus Federal law in the United States.
According to weekend reports in Gambling News Review, 4Flush and Launchpoker, the Norwegian government minister responsible for matters gambling is planning a Norwegian equivalent of the US Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. The US law has caused so much grief in the industry by inhibiting financial transactions with online gambling companies. In an unsourced, but seemingly authoritative report, the portals claim that Norwegian culture Minister Trond Griske may be taking a page from the US legislation book on hamstringing online gambling in the Scandinavian country.
Das US-amerikanische Finanzministerium und der US-Zentralbankrat haben am 1. Oktober 2007 einen gemeinsamen, 51-seitigen Regelungsvorschlag zur Umsetzung des im letzten Jahr erlassenen Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) vorgelegt. Mit dem UIGEA wollen die USA von ihr als rechtwidrig betrachtete Internet-Glücksspielanbieter bekämpfen. Hierzu sollen Zahlungsflüsse an ausländische Buchmacher und Glücksspielanbieter effektiv unterbunden werden (insbesondere Kreditkartenzahlungen, Überweisungen und Zahlungen per Scheck)
The government of the United States has made its first compensation offer to the European Union (EU) following its withdrawal from World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations, according to the Financial Times newspaper. The recent newspaper report claims that European gambling groups are currently pressing the EU to reject as inadequate the American compensation offer for losses suffered when the US passed its Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) legislation last year restricting online betting.
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.
IMEGA is suing US Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, the US Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors seeking a judgement for a temporary restraining order on the enforcement of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) 2006. This Act prevents American-based credit card companies and banks from processing payments to online gambling businesses with violators subject to civil and criminal penalties including imprisonment.
The small island nation of Antigua and Barbuda has gained support from fellow members of the Caribbean Community (CariCom) economic bloc in its online gambling dispute with the US. In June, the Caribbean nation filed suit in US District Court against America’s Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, the US Federal Trade Commission and the US Federal Reserve to stop the enforcement of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA).
Der US-amerikanische Kongress verabschiedete am letzten Freitag, den 29. September 2006, den bereits 2005 als Gesetzesinitiative eingebrachten Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Die schnelle Verabschiedung wurde durch einen Verfahrenstrick möglich. Der Gesetzesentwurf wurde durch einen Kongressausschuss, dem Committee of Conference, einem Sicherheitsgesetz, dem den Schutz US-amerikanischer Häfen betreffenden SAFE Port Act, als Abschnitt VIII angefügt und passierte so ohne weitere Änderungen und Verzögerungen das Gesetzgebungsverfahren.
