New US Gambling Legislation – What Effect?

Hi Antoine
I use an Indian company but have had no problems with them in the 18 months or so that I have been with them – http://www.website.in

I’m currently in the process of moving all of my hosting to the UK. I’m also wondering if anyone knows any good offshore domain name registrars. I’m currently with Moniker but I no longer wish to do business with any US based corporation. I feel that anything the further away from north america the better.

Whilst I am obviously worried about this – I’m going to carry on business as usual and will deal with each problem when and if it happens .
I am focusing a bit more on the European and British market though – just to be on the safe side.
I am hoping that the casinos find a way around these problems as they probably have a lot more to lose than us affiliates.
I think it was a sneaky move to piggy back it onto another bill which they knew would fly through. I thought the SA government was bad but the USA guys really take the cake . What a bunch of assholes :flush:

So my vote was for largely ineffective and political posturing.

I agree with Casino City, business is going on as usual for us.

I firmly believe that the bill will not have the adverse effect than many here seem to be worried about. So my vote was for largely ineffective and political posturing.

I’ve spend a good amount of time today reviewing the bill, and many of my specific thoughts about it are available on the following thread:

http://www.gpwa.net/forum/showthread.php?t=168130

I saw an article on http://www.casinogamblingweb.com/ that has this opinion. I am not going to panic yet. Still alot that can and could happen. Essentially I agree with this, there seems to be a lot of confusion though based on all the opinions and interpretations seen so far.

September 30, 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.