HR 2267

Next Wednesday, July 21st, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing succinctly entitled, “HR 2267, Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act.” The bill, introduced by Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA), establishes a comprehensive licensing and regulatory framework for the internet gambling industry in the United States.
Unlike past hearings, which have had a 10:00am ET start, Wednesday’s hearing will kick off after lunch at 1:00pm ET in Room 2128 of the Rayburn House Office Building. No list of witnesses has been released and, according to a House Financial Services Committee spokesperson, no markup of HR 2267 will occur. The bill has attracted 69 co-sponsors, both Republicans and Democrats, after being introduced in May 2009. However, only a half-dozen lawmakers have signed on in 2010.
Looking forward to the July 21st internet gambling hearing was Poker Players Alliance (PPA) Executive Director John Pappas, who told Poker News Daily on Wednesday afternoon, “We appreciate Chairman Frank calling another hearing on HR 2267. 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.” The PPA has been busy registering members at the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP), whose Main Event is playing out at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.
Also eyeing next week’s Capitol Hill debate on internet gambling, which will be the first in the House Financial Services Committee since last December, is Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association (iMEGA) Chairman Joe Brennan. “Hearings are nice; they keep the ball in the air,” Brennan told Poker News Daily upon hearing the news. “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. But, we’ll wait and see who will appear as witnesses. I’d like to see John Pappas finally get the opportunity to appear before the House Financial Services Committee and make the case for the players.”
The December 3rd hearing in the Committee featured testimony from Morongo Band of Mission Indians Tribal Chairman Robert Martin, Wired Safety Executive Director Parry Aftab, John F. Kennedy School of Government Professor Malcolm Sparrow, National Council on Problem Gambling Executive Director Keith Whyte, the Dowling Advisory Group’s Jim Dowling, Independent Community Bankers of America’s Samuel Vallandingham, and YouBet.com Executive Chairman Mike Brodsky.
Curiously absent from last December’s hearing were officials from the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve, who had, just days prior, issued a six-month delay in the compliance of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Spencer Bachus (R-AL) called for a hearing with officials from the two government agencies, which will likely be represented next week.
Credit card companies, banks, and other financial institutions had until June 1st to comply with the regulations of the UIGEA, a deadline that has had seemingly little effect on the industry. Nevertheless, the PPA, iMEGA, and other organizations have continued to push for regulated internet gaming at both the federal and state levels.

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HR 2267 Markup Hearing: Update – Discussion Delayed till Wed. morning 7/28

I want to post the video from youtube but I don't know how do anyone know how to do this

http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/Ad...;fs=1?border=1

Think that does it.

Just paste the bare link. The forum will convert it to an embedded video for you. Like so:

YouTube- Financial Services Committee HR 2267 Hearing Part 1: Rep.Spencer Bachus (07/21/10)

Live hearing:

http://theppa.org/special/hr2267-3/

Live video of debate: roll call of vote at 3:20pm today.

http://financialserv.edgeboss.net/wm...iop_070131.asx

Edit: just realized it the same feed as post above.

YouTube- PPA Board Member Greg &quot;Fossilman&quot; Raymer appears on Fox Business (07/27/10)

yay I learn something new

mr frank need to step away from the mic he alittle to close

there alot of no there

after watch the live 3:20 vote : from what i understand that the bill did not pass, but another vote gave the power to change the bill.

the vote was around 20 yes , 40 no , I don't know the right vote count but it a ball park round on it

I subscribe to the PPA twitter feed and just got this:

That sounds like they voted it in?

you might be right but I heard 22 yes and 41 no..I'm still trying to find out the details

It passed. Yay!

http://theppa.org/press-releases/201...n-bill-072810/

thank god....now I can open my own internet gameing site..lol

A little more on the subject here.

http://www.safeandsecureig.org/news/...illpasses.html

from Bluff Magazine****

** This week the legislation saw some action as it was marked up and passed in the House Financial Services Committee by a margin of 41-22-1. The legislation, which is designed to implement regulation and licensing of online poker rooms in the United States, is now one step closer to being signed into law.
HR 2267, also known as the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, underwent a full markup by the Committee on Wednesday, including the introduction and inclusion of several amendments to the bill. The amendments ranged from prohibiting credit card deposits on online poker rooms to implementing loss limits to refusing licenses to those who have previously violated American gambling laws. An amendment exempting intrastate tribal and state-run gambling from the licensing process was included in the bill as well.
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) introduced the amendment that would ban sites which knowingly and willfully broke online gaming laws in the wake of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). While the precise definition of what constitutes “illegal online gambling” has been unclear ever since the UIGEA was passed in 2006, most within the industry believe this amendment could have a profound impact on sites like PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and UB Poker, all of which have continued to serve US customers following the passage of the UIGEA. The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) sees things differently and alluded to that fact in an official statement released Wednesday.
While only time will tell how the bill will impact US-serving sites, the amendment seemingly bodes well for land-based US casinos and sites like PartyPoker, who withdrew from the US in 2006 and have since made extensive efforts to work with the US Department of Justice in the past few years. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL) proposed a similar amendment with harsher language and penalties that was voted down by the Committee.
The poker community was quick to respond to news of the passage of HR 2677. “The fact is, online poker is not going away. Congress has a choice – it can license and regulate it to provide government oversight and consumer protections, or our lawmakers can stick their heads in the sand, ignore it, and leave consumers to play on non-U.S. regulated websites in all 50 states,” said Former Senator Alfonse D’Amato, chairman of the Poker Players Alliance. “I’m glad the Financial Services Committee today overwhelmingly chose to act and protect Americans as well as preserve the fundamental freedoms of adults and the Internet.”
The next step for HR 2267 is the floor of the House of Representatives. Meanwhile, HR 2267’s companion piece of legislation, Rep. James McDermott’s (D-WA) HR 2268, is still waiting to be debated and marked up by the House Ways and Means Committee. The bill, also known as the Internet Gambling Regulation and Tax Enforcement Act, aims to tax regulated and licensed online gambling sites.

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This is great news for all poker players.I am glad some people have some common sense and sees the potential for all of us.
However,all the great freerolls we enjoy,may fall by the wayside.They were few n far between before the UIGEA went in effect.

Unprecedented Victory for U.S. Poker Players

Yes maybe soon I will be able to play on some of the non US sites I've always wanted to play on like PKR and Everest.

This whole thing is a joke. Just another case of the government trying to take away another one of our freedoms. Things like this make me want to move to Canada.

Im not entirely sure of all that it means. But what I read, said that all sites who violated the UGIEA will NOT be lisenced by the US.


If thats the case... bye bye PS & FTP.

A poker site could not violate the UIGEA because it only affected banks and other financial institutions.

The Almighty Dollar, just like The One Ring, is a powerful and corrupting force.

It's about time that something like this passes but there is still a long way to go before it hits Obama's desk.

True, but there are other laws that have been used to outlaw internet gambling in the US from the perspective of the site operator (not the player). This is why all the sites left US territories and also why arrest warrants were issued for executives like those at Bodog -- I don't recall if was Calvin Ayre or not, but I remember there being a couple of execs arrested in US airports who were just flying through. For a long time there were warrants for Ayre which is why he basically moved out of the US and seldom if ever returned here.

Bachus or one of the anti-poker representatives tried to introduce a clause that would permanently ban all current poker sites that were deemed to operate around US laws, but it was shot down and withdrawn. It's pretty certain that PS and FT will not be blacklisted.

true,, lol, im going to FT to win some all mighty dollars, 1pm. 10K game, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,buck

I think it needs to go to another vote before it get put to the preidents hands

If your representive was on the committee and voted yes, remember to contact him or her and say thanks! I've talked to several of the reps in my area and they are so appreciative of positive feedback because all they usually get is complaints.

Way to go Congressman Steve Driehaus of OH District 1!!!

I got a phone call from my rep. mike castle after sending him a email to push for it, and we end up talking for like ahour about the pro and cons of it.

I can't get excited about this at all. Right now I can play poker online. I fear when all of this gets sorted out I will not be able to play at all.

Leaving it up to the individual states will hurt a lot of us. I see no way that Georgia would allow it here. Both of our reps voted no and the only form of gambling allowed here is lottery tickets.

Sorry - but I am very concerned.

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Only three steps to go

I don't see them not passing this, due to that the fact that this could help generate more money for the states when they start taxing it, It also a safe guard for under age playing. but the fight still long but it going to happen

You don't live in the holier than thou bible belt. The lottery supports our Hope scholarship program among other things - and it is struggling. The politicians here are too stupid and self righteous to see this would be a major way of earning more money to keep the program going. All they see is the word gambling and to them that is a sin.

If there is one bleeding state that said no it would be Georgia.