The wheels are now in motion on efforts to overturn anti-online gambling laws in the United States, with a congressional committee beginning to hear testimony last week.
The House Financial Services Committee, which is chaired by online casinos’ best friend in congress – Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank – heard testimonies last Thursday from several experts in online security and consumer safety.
One of the experts, WiredSafety director Parry Aftab, told the committee that the regulation of online gambling was the best solution for protection customer security.
Barney_Frank“There are a number of technologies used in other industries that are easily adaptable to online gambling sites,” Aftab said.
The National Council on Problem Gambling’s Keith Whyte also lent his support, telling the committee that certain methods on the Internet could be used to help curb compulsive online gambling more than could be done to curb similar behavior from land-based gamblers.
Rep. Frank, who introduced the HR 2267 and HR 2266 bills in a bid to overturn the UIGEA, told the committee hearing that it would be a “very grave error” for lawmakers to tell adult Americans what they should do with their own money.
“The notion that because some people will abuse something, you prevent somebody from doing it, is as great a threat to the liberty of the individual as any philosophy I have seen,” said Frank, before accusing Republican opponents of double standards for bemoaning the nanny state while at the same time blocking free choice on the Internet.
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The House Financial Services Committee, which is chaired by online casinos’ best friend in congress – Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank – heard testimonies last Thursday from several experts in online security and consumer safety.
One of the experts, WiredSafety director Parry Aftab, told the committee that the regulation of online gambling was the best solution for protection customer security.
Barney_Frank“There are a number of technologies used in other industries that are easily adaptable to online gambling sites,” Aftab said.
The National Council on Problem Gambling’s Keith Whyte also lent his support, telling the committee that certain methods on the Internet could be used to help curb compulsive online gambling more than could be done to curb similar behavior from land-based gamblers.
Rep. Frank, who introduced the HR 2267 and HR 2266 bills in a bid to overturn the UIGEA, told the committee hearing that it would be a “very grave error” for lawmakers to tell adult Americans what they should do with their own money.
“The notion that because some people will abuse something, you prevent somebody from doing it, is as great a threat to the liberty of the individual as any philosophy I have seen,” said Frank, before accusing Republican opponents of double standards for bemoaning the nanny state while at the same time blocking free choice on the Internet.
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