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Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act

Bipartisan Tax Fairness and Simplification Act –> Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act

HR 2267 = a bill that would legalize Internet gambling in the United States

Will happen in 2010.
Bye bye UIGEA.

US Treasury and US Federal Reserve delay implementation of Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

“Treasury and the Fed had decided to push back implementation of the act for six months, until June 1.”
Via Emile Servan-Schreiber of NewsFutures and Andrew Goldberg

FanDuel (by HubDub) is launched exclusively thru TechCrunch UK, which is, of course, upbeat on its future. Here’s a more critical take.

HubDub is a huge success in term of Internet popularity (pageviews, time spent on the site, etc.). However, HubDub has no business model, other than trying to get bought up by some bigger fish. Which is why Nigel Eccles and his smart team have devised a social fantasy sport game, FanDuel. Its business model (allowed [...]

Nate Silver against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA)

Nate Silver against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIGEA)

Barney Frank is going to try again to free Internet betting and gambling in the U.S.

Via Smarkets, the FT.
The FT.
PS: Contra Jason Ruspini, I have always said that the CFTC route is the wrong route. The U.S. should establish a kind of “Gambling and Betting Commission”, like in the U.K., in my view (and Caveat Bettor’s view).
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Is this the reason John Delaney quickly shut TradeSports down, yesterday?

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Tip via Jason Ruspini
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Previously: on TradeSports death – on InTrade’s viability
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TradeSports ceases its operations.

TradeSports will terminate itself on November 28, 2008.
A very sad day (which I am not glad to report that I predicted would happen). TradeSports is probably the latest victim of both the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 and the Louisiana prosecutors. It is also the victim of a lack of support from the [...]

Legal stuff that Tom W. Bell didn’t tell you because you were too shy asking Jason Ruspini instead —UIGEA edition

Barney Frank’s Payment System Protection Act (HR6870)

… is a shitty bill… since it excludes sports betting.
RELATED: A news article (in French) implies, between the lines, that BetFair (who always respected the US laws) should be later granted a license to operate in the US, the day it becomes legal, while InTrade-TradeSports (who didn’t) should not be granted a license. Hummm…
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