Compulsive Bingo Player
The majority of online bingo players are people who just like a bit of relaxing, harmless fun, at a price they can afford, to mingle and chat, enjoy the fun of the bingo games, and hope to win. However, a small minority have a problem with money management and self control. One such person, Sandra Preston, of England became so hooked at online bingo that she stole £62,000 from her petrol station employer, transferring the money to play at online bingo sites. She was sentenced to a term of six months in prison. A reminder to all bingo players, please play online bingo sensibly.
New initiative asks congress to define ‘illegal’ online gambling
A new political initiative by Frank Barney, Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, named the Payments System Protection Act of 2008, has just been introduced to Congress, and pushes the federal authorities for a precise definition of exactly what constitutes ‘illegal’ Internet gambling in terms of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) and its supporting regulations.
The Bill asks Congress to direct the Department of the Treasury and Federal Reserve System, in consultation with the U.S. Attorney General, to create “a formal process” to define what types of online gambling are unlawful in order to assist the U.S. financial services industry to comply with the burden of policing the UIGEA which Congress thrust upon it back in 2006.
The Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative political pressure group that supports regulation of the U.S. online gambling market is in favor of the measure, and stated that “Chairman Frank is doing the right thing by saying it is unfair to burden U.S. financial service companies with the job of Internet gambling police at a time when their undivided attention ought to be on the economy”.
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