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[FYI] US: Internet Gambling Prohibition Bill Passed The House Judiciary Committee
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- Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 10:40:20 +0100
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Daily News
Internet Gambling Prohibition Bill Passed
By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes April 07, 2000
The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved legislation to
outlaw most forms of Internet gambling, including in the bill an
amendment that would prohibit states from conducting lotteries
online.
In a 21-8 vote, the Judiciary committee passed an amendment in the
nature of a substitute to the initial bill offered by Rep. Robert
Goodlatte, R-Va., H.R. 3125 - the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.
While the bill would outlaw most Internet gambling, it contains carve-
outs that allow closed-loop betting on parimutuel activities such as
dog racing, horse racing and jai alai. The bill also contains
liability provisions for ISPs that absolve them from prosecution if
they or law enforcement discover that illegal gambling operations are
running on their servers.
Under the bill, convicted online gambling purveyors could be fined
$20,000, or the amount of a particular bet in question, or sent to
prison for up to four years, or some combination of those penalties.
[...]
The bill also contains a clause that absolves ISPs from liability if
illegal offline gambling advertising is run on their services, and
also allows ISPs to run offline gambling advertisements when they
advertise legal gambling establishments. ISPs under the clause,
however, would be required to offer filtering services.
The Senate passed a somewhat different Internet gambling ban at the
end of 1999, which must now be reconciled with the House version in
conference committee.
Reported by Newsbytes.com
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