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The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006
[edit]The “Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006” was a last minute addition, pushed through minutes before the election period recess. According to Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), no one on the Senate-House Conference Committee had seen the final language of the bill before it was passed.[1] The Act is Title VIII of a completely unrelated bill, the SAFE Port Act, dealing with port security.[2]
Section 5361, Findings and Purpose
[edit]The Act begins with Congress’s findings and purpose. Findings include a recommendation from the now discredited National Gambling Impact Study Commission. One of the controversial findings asserted in the opening of the bill is the assertion that Internet gambling is a growing problem for banks and credit card companies.[3] The opening section of the act also states that that “new mechanisms for enforcing gambling laws on the Internet are necessary,” especially for cross-border betting. The Act contains a clause that ensures no change be made any other law or Indian compact.[4] This clause makes known that the Act cannot be used as a defense to another crime, or to expand existing gambling.
Section 5362, Definitions
[edit]This section outlines definitions of gambling terms to be used throughout the act. The Act defines a bet or wager to include risking something of value on the outcome of a contest, sports event, “or a game subject to chance.” The “game subject to chance” restriction is designed to include Internet poker in the act.[5]
- ^ The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 Analyzed
- ^ Library of Congress Congressional record for the SAFE Port Act
- ^ The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 Analyzed
- ^ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=5&ved=0CEAQFjAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fdic.gov%2Fnews%2Fnews%2Ffinancial%2F2010%2Ffil10035a.pdf&rct=j&q=Unlawful%20Internet%20Gambling%20Enforcement%20Act&ei=WYt_TcmAPYzqgQfXlvCMCA&usg=AFQjCNHovCYeKUq8swFigKueaAQGXESSSA&sig2=u8n4Oh5njvGVpFY3cd66sw: Overview of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006
- ^ http://www.gambling-law-us.com/Federal-Laws/internet-gambling-ban.htm: Internet Gambling Funding Ban