Cross-Post: Proposed Internet Gambling ban in MA.

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Moderator: This is a cross-post of a post in the legislation forum. Because of the importance of the topic, I felt that readers of both fora would want to know about it. If this is a no-no, feel free to lock the thread, tar and feather me, or whatever.

The Governor of Mass. has proposed a new law to enable up to three casinos to be built in MA. Buried within it is the following:

natural person, the amount of a fine may be up to $1,000,000.
(i) Placing, sending, transmitting, relaying wagers to another person prohibited under certain circumstances; penalties.
Any person who knowingly transmits or receives a wager of any type by any telecommunication device, including telephone, cellular phone, Internet, local area network, including wireless local networks, or any other similar device or equipment or other medium of communication, or knowingly installs or maintains said device or equipment for the transmission or receipt of wagering information shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years, or a fine of not more than $25,000, or both.
This section shall apply to any person who, from within this commonwealth, transmits a wager to, or receives a wager from, another person or gaming establishment within or outside of this commonwealth and any person who, from outside this commonwealth, transmits a wager to, or receives a wager from, another person or gaming establishment within this commonwealth.
This section shall not apply to the use of a local area network as a means to place authorized wagers in a licensed gaming establishment, or use of said devices or equipment by the authority in it duties in regulating, enforcing, or auditing a licensed gaming operator.

Links:

The legislation forum thread:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showfl...;gonew=1#UNREAD

The proposed law:

http://www.mass.gov/legis/HD4626.pdf