Kiss any online gambling legislation goodbye, thanks to a bad Ref

[MiltonFriedman]

Any Federal online gambling legislation has less than a snowball's chance in Hell after the NBA scandal.

If you think that any online gambling legislation will be passed or even has a shot, can you explain why ?

[Ron Burgundy]

That's why Frank put in the sports league opt-out thingy.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

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That's why Frank put in the sports league opt-out thingy.

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Correct. If sports-betting were legalized in the Bill, it already didn't have a snowball's chance in hell, crooked ref or no crooked ref.

[JPFisher55]

They may be long shots, but for the duration of this Congress and administration, the iMEGA lawsuit or WTO litigation are the best chances for improvement for US online gamblers.

[MiltonFriedman]

I disagree vehemently that the iMEGA lawsuit has any chance or that the WTO litigation offers you any role for action ....

The best chances for self-improvement for US online gamblers is a massive campaign to shape the upcoming Regs in our favor as much as possible to limit the Banks' responsibility for "stopping" deposits via paper check or EFTs or wires.

Bug the PPA to mount a comments campaign.

The areas open for political action are small but there ARE potential gains to be realized. It is poor betting to count on iMEGA and LAZY to rely on the WTO.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

Bug the banks, too. They're not real keen on this legislation, any more than they were on "Know Your Customer" in the late 90's.

[Richas]

I don't know anything about the NBA thingy but let us have a look at when sporting events have been fixed by whoom and why.

1919 Redsocks. Gambling illegal the mob acting as the bookie fixed it. Cricket, numerous examples of illegal bookmakers in India and Pakistan fixing matches they even alleged a murder (that turned out not to be).

With legal bookmakers and betting exchanges unusual betting patterns are detected and reported to the sporting authorities. Honest bookies want honest games. Open legal bookies detect corruption rather than their illegal counterparts who create it.

[Kurn, son of Mogh]

1919 Redsocks. Gambling illegal the mob acting as the bookie fixed it.

Uh, it was the White Sox.

Great movie about it. "Eight Men Out"

[Skallagrim]

Have not seen Gaboonviper around for a while so I guess its nice that Milton is filling in, even though his posts are not near as funny [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] .

Legal betting on sports is, indeed, an extremely tough sell politically. Its also what will tremendously complicate any negotiating of the WTO dispute.

But it aint that hard to separate poker from sports betting, both politically and legislatively. Rep. Wexler's skill games protection act should not be affected by the Ref scandal in anyway.

Skallagrim

[JPFisher55]

I hope you are right Skall, passage of Rep. Wexler's bill would be great.