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Bet Blockers

Andy534 Wrote: Dec 02, 2009 9:22 PM
I'm an avid hold-em player. I'm fortunate that I have legal casinos nearby. I've heard the stories about misplaced winnings from off-shore sites, and the shills that sit at on-line poker tables. I don't believe everything I read or hear, but why take the chance? Pass a decent law that allows regulation and oversight; I wouldn't care if the Gov't took $1/pot; at least there would be a chance that the game was honest.

In 2006, Congress passed a law that instructed the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board to write regulations aimed at preventing "unlawful Internet gambling." But Congress did not define "unlawful Internet gambling," and neither did the regulators.

Instead, IT issued rules requiring financial institutions to adopt "policies and procedures" that are "reasonably designed" to block transactions associated with unlawful Internet gambling, whatever that might be. Last week, acknowledging the difficulty of satisfying this demand, federal regulators announced that enforcement of the rules, scheduled to begin on Dec. 1, will be delayed until June 1. The six-month extension gives Congress...

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