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Posted: 7/1/2005 2:21:00 PM ET
http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=55720&subsec=1
Operating online gambling becomes felony under new Indiana law
Television Games Network no longer does business in Indiana effective Friday when a law went into effect that makes operation of an Internet gambling site, unless allowed by statute, a felony.
Indiana previously had laws that limited Internet gambling, but violating such a law was only a misdemeanor. Senator David Ford (R-Hartford City) co-authored the bill with the intent of giving the state more control over gaming.“[Internet wagering providers] have known it’s been illegal,” Ford told the Indianapolis Star. “They just winked at the law. Now this puts a little teeth in it.”
The law passed in quick order in April with the state House voting 74-21 in favor and the Senate approving it 46-0. Signed into law by Governor Mitch Daniels on April 25, the measure became effective on Friday.
Senator Rose Antich-Carr (D-Merrillville) co-authored the bill and told the Louisville Courier-Journal that the bill’s intent “was to stop all the other gambling online,” referring to sports betting and poker. Antich-Carr added that the horse industry lobby did not object to the bill as it moved through the Legislature.
“While we have no reason to believe that the intent of the Legislature was to curb legal forms of wagering such as pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing, we’ve decided that the prudent course of action is to suspend wagering transactions with Indiana residents,” TVG Vice President John Hindman told the newspaper.
TVG will close player accounts and refund money, but the AmericaTab family of account wagering providers, which includes BrisBet and WinTicket, will not take action until after its attorneys complete a review of the new law.
“Based on that review, we will make a decision on the status of our customers in Indiana,” AmericaTab General Manager Todd Bowker said on Friday morning.
Youbet.com and Magna Entertainment Corp.’s XpressBet also do business in Indiana. Officials of those companies were not immediately available for comment Friday morning.
Full text of the bill here:
http://www.startcasino.com/92.php3
It could be serious if the Indiana State AG goes after ISP’s, which according to this, he can.
Greetings Ladies and Gents …
My first post here – I have no idea how I found the place – but after 10 minutes browsing here I decided that I’d found a lot of thoughtful people and that this looks a great resource.
:woohoo:A BIT OF BACKGROUND :
I run a sports gambling advisory website … that is just branching into poker and casinos.I’m based in New Zealand (sort of down a bit and right a bit from Australia if you look on the globe) … but my site it targeting Europeans and Asian punters.
MY QUESTION :
I’m aware of gambling restrictions in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore – those are understandable enough (even if a restriction of individual rights) as the Government takes a slice of the legal state run action – and individual rights in Asia are still subserviant to government whim …But I am always surprised to hear that “the land of the free” restricts it’s citizens online … when they happily allow and encourage places like Las Vegas to exist.
Why ?
I’d be interested to hear just exactly :
– what sort of gambling is legal for US Residents,
– what is illegal ?
– do you think that the United States will become more open or more restrictive?
– or are tax dollars and the “moral” implications too much at this stage?
:Nod:Best regards.
Paul.
:rolleyes:TheGooner wrote:1. – what sort of gambling is legal for US Residents,
2. – what is illegal ?
3. – do you think that the United States will become more open or more restrictive?
4. – or are tax dollars and the “moral” implications too much at this stage?1. Nobody knows. One thing we know – land casinos are licenced. You can gamble there. You can gamble online too – but some states are ok with it and others not and there are no federal laws.
2. Who knows? The legislature has tried to pass a law making online gambling illegal for years and failed. Yet the department of Justice flexes it’s muscles and scares advertisers and bankers into refusing to deal with online gambling.
3. I think it will eventually licence on;line gambling, establishing rules of conduct and enforcing them on licencees. It will be a great source of revenue for the government. There are other people here who disagree with me and hold opposing views. So – no one knows.
4. Not sure if I understand. We have a far right wing religious group influencing government substantially now. These are not the majority in this country. Eventually, this will change again.
Dominique wrote:1. Nobody knows. One thing we know – land casinos are licenced. You can gamble there. You can gamble online too – but some states are ok with it and others not and there are no federal laws.Thanks Dom (if I may call you Dom) :blush:
That’s about where my understanding of it was – but I thought if anyone was going to have a clear user friendly interpretation then it was going to be someone like you guys.
I guess that I’ll tread slowly then and make sure that my editorial and promotions do not overtly target US citizens then …
:shhh:
