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House
Listens
to
Testimony
November
21,
2007
The
House
Judiciary
Committee
listened
to
testimony
yesterday
as
it
relates
to
online
gambling.
With
the
passing
of
the
Unlawful
Internet
Gaming
Enforcement
Act,
or
UIGEA,
there
were
many
legal
hassles
created
that
have
to
be
attended
to
as a
result.
Yesterday,
the
Committee
listened
to
Justice
Department
representatives,
outside
experts,
and
lobbying
groups,
all
with
a
different
take
on
what
should
be
done
about
online
gambling.
With
several
bills
in
the
House
and
the
Senate
that
would
address
the
issues
of
legalizing
and
regulating
online
gambling,
the
Committee
has
to
take
all
of
these
opinions
into
consideration.
With
financial
institutions
now
facing
the
brunt
of
the
battle
to
keep
online
gambling
illegal,
many
are
not
happy
that
it
has
fallen
on
them
to
do
what
they
feel
is
the
governments
job.
They,
as
well
as
some
of
those
who
testified
yesterday,
say
that
they
have
“deputized
financial
institutions
as
the
morality
police,”
something
neither
they
nor
the
banks
are
comfortable
with.
Many
argued
that
if
they
wanted
to
participate
in
online
gambling
it
is
their
business
and
that
the
government
cannot
tell
them
what
to
do
with
their
money.
They
say
that
as
their
participation
in
online
gambling
does
not
hurt
anyone
other
than
themselves,
why
the
government
is
sticking
their
nose
into
it.
Even
the
Justice
Department
criticized
the
ban
on
online
gambling,
as
they
say
that
there
is
already
legislation
out
there
that
is
dedicated
to
keeping
online
gambling
illegal.
They
say
that
they
feel
that
they
have
the
topic
covered,
so
although
they
are
against
online
gambling,
they
are
also
against
the
UIGEA.
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