The bill sponsored by Barney Frank, HR 2267, Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act has been very controversial. It has been actually promoting the repeal of the UIGEA to actually legalize and regulate online gambling in the United States.
It has been actually controversial since its formal introduction in the House Financial Services Committee. Since then the chairman of the committee, Frank, has been strongly promoting the UIGEA repeal and has been pushing a hearing for the said bill but then committee must first discuss other financial matters.
But recently, a hearing for the HR 2267 was revealed to be finally set on July 21. Frank and the others who have been also into the promotion of the repeal of the UIGEA must be very happy to have heard about the hearing.
However, the hearing was also reported to become something that might be heading nowhere just for several reasons.
“We appreciate Chairman Frank calling another hearing on HR 2267,” said Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance (PPA) John Pappas. “We hope this is the final step toward an eventual vote in his Committee on this legislation before the August recess. The PPA and the poker community stand ready to secure its passage.”
While Joe Brennan Junior of iMEGA believed that the i-gaming lobby deserves more than just a hearing, it deserves something better.
“Hearings are nice; they keep the ball in the air,” said the chairman. “What’s needed are votes: committee votes, floor votes. The i-gaming lobby has been working too hard for too long. It deserves more than a hearing.”
Well, hopefully the hearing for the anti-UIGEA bill will be pushed through so that Frank and the others who have been also into the promotion of the repeal of the UIGEA will just find the hope for their pursuit.
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