Sunday, October 01, 2006

The Port Security Bill, which will increase security along all United States
ports, overwhelmingly passed both the House and Senate in the midnite hours
of Friday night early Saturday morning. Attached to the quality security
bill is a a completely unrelated measure that directly affects internet
gambling. So what exactly does this bill do to the state of internet
gambling? The quick and honest answer is... we have no idea. Differing
analysis can be found on whatever site you get your news from. As far as
the Casino Gambling Web is concerned, this is how the newly passed bill is
to be interpreted... In its most literal form the bill makes it illegal for
banks to allow online payments to be made to online gambling operations.
What is interesting about the bill is that it does not include language that
upgrades the 1961 Wire Act to include online gambling, which the House
passed bill did include when it passed in July of this year. This means
that the state of online gambling is exactly the way it was before for
players - still in a grey area. It is no more illegal now than it was before
the bill passed. What will happen now all depends on what the banks do as a
result of the bill passing. Will they stop payments to Neteller, a known
third party gambling banking company?

The banks already stop payments to online gambling operations directly.

Will the banks comply with the new laws?

Will the banks even be able to comply with the new laws?

Don't the banks already stop payment to gambling operations?

We will keep you up to date with what is happening, but for now, everything
you read is just speculation and nothing should be read as fact.

Until more is known, keep expressing your freedoms in the United States.