Online Gambling: Goodlatte Speaks Out on TV
Goodlatte's legislation only goes after the illegal, unregulated offshore sites. It is already illegal in virtually every state in the country.
And the individual gamblers are regulated by the states. The federal government?s involvement is only in trying to assist the states in enforcing their laws. That is historically how it has always been. And that is what our law does as well.
Forty-nine out of 50 state attorney generals have written to the Congress, asking for a modernization of the Wire Act. That?s the old law, where you picked up the phone and called your bookie and placed a bet, to make it clear that it covers all forms of technology, including the Internet, and all forms of gambling.
And that?s what the legislation does. It also gives law enforcement new tools, in terms of working with the financial services industry to make sure that our banking system is not used to suck these billions of dollars out of the country. That is what happening today.
My legislation does not do that, unless you are actually offering the betting service. If you are running one of these offshore sites and you are arrested in the United States or brought into the United States under charges brought here, you could face severe criminal penalties.
But if you are an individual better, that is covered by your own state laws in the state that you reside in.
June 14, 2006
Posted By Hector Rodriquez
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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