Online Casino Transfer: News - Zoeller Speaks Up and Out

06/25/2010		Online Casino Style: News Zoeller Speaks Up and Out
Home History Games News Dictionary		It seems that the bills under consideration on the federal level of the United States’ legislative branch are under a new attack this week as the voice of Attorney General Greg Zoeller out of Indiana is added to the likes of more consistent anti-internet gambling bodies such as the National Football League and strict religious organizations. The Attorney General claims that any measure taken on a federal level to overturn the existing Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, and nation-wide legalize online gambing would effectively interfere with the individual states’ ability to regulate the activity to their liking. It seems an interesting argument, considering Zoeller did not speak up against the passage of the UIGEA bill in 2006 that blanket prohibited access to online gambling and so interfered with individual states’ rights. Zoeller voiced his opinion on the topic this month at a meeting of the US House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee, which has currently taken into consideration bills drawn up by Congressman Barney Frank and Representative Jim McDermott to legalize and regulate online gambling, respectively. He objects the proposal that would allow internet casinos to be licensed through the US Department of Treasure, saying that “…states should be free to decide for themselves whether to endorse online gaming at the state level. While I recognize that Congress considers various scenarios for plugging the deficit in the federal budget, our concern is that licensing and taxing Internet gambling in this way would circumvent and preempt the autonomy of state government.”

06/25/2010

Online Casino Style: News
Zoeller Speaks Up and Out

It seems that the bills under consideration on the federal level of the United States’ legislative branch are under a new attack this week as the voice of Attorney General Greg Zoeller out of Indiana is added to the likes of more consistent anti-internet gambling bodies such as the National Football League and strict religious organizations. The Attorney General claims that any measure taken on a federal level to overturn the existing Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, and nation-wide legalize online gambing would effectively interfere with the individual states’ ability to regulate the activity to their liking.

It seems an interesting argument, considering Zoeller did not speak up against the passage of the UIGEA bill in 2006 that blanket prohibited access to online gambling and so interfered with individual states’ rights. Zoeller voiced his opinion on the topic this month at a meeting of the US House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee, which has currently taken into consideration bills drawn up by Congressman Barney Frank and Representative Jim McDermott to legalize and regulate online gambling, respectively.

He objects the proposal that would allow internet casinos to be licensed through the US Department of Treasure, saying that “…states should be free to decide for themselves whether to endorse online gaming at the state level. While I recognize that Congress considers various scenarios for plugging the deficit in the federal budget, our concern is that licensing and taxing Internet gambling in this way would circumvent and preempt the autonomy of state government.”