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The Safe and Secure Internet gambling Initiative is taking up the fight to promote the freedom of individuals to gamble online. Like you, we believe that playing poker online is a matter of personal choice and we should be able to do so without the government getting in our way.
One of our main goals is to promote legislation introduced by Congressman Barney Frank, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, which will legalize Internet gambling.
A challenge we face is responding to opponents of Internet gambling who claim that legalization will lead to an increase in problem gambling. Below is a release we just sent out on a UK study that refutes this claim.
We welcome your support and encourage you to visit our website at Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiativefile:///C:/Documents and Settings/m... Internet Files/Media/www.safeandsecureig.org where you can contact your Member of Congress and register your support for the freedom to gambling online.
Jeffrey Sandman
Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative
September 19, 2007 – A report released today by the U.K. Gambling Commission, which regulates Internet gambling in Britain, reveals that problem gambling has not increased over the last eight years despite the availability of Internet gambling. The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007 found that the rates of problem gambling were 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent of the gambling population, the same percentage of problem gamblers as reported in the last gambling participation survey conducted in 1999.
“The Commission’s report shows that Internet gambling opponents are using scare tactics to argue that regulated Internet gambling will result in an increase in compulsive gambling,” said Jeffrey Sandman, spokesman for the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative. “The reality is that regulated Internet gambling, which is clearly working in the U.K., can offer better controls and protection for underage and vulnerable gamblers in the U.S.”
The Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, proposed by Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), would protect U.S. consumers by establishing a regulatory and enforcement framework to combat compulsive and underage gambling. Safeguards that have proven effective in protecting against problem gambling include the ability to control the amount of money wagered, set limits on amounts deposited, restrict the duration that somebody can play, identify and stop players whose gambling patterns seem out of the ordinary and allow for consumers to be excluded from online gambling.
One of our main goals is to promote legislation introduced by Congressman Barney Frank, the Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, which will legalize Internet gambling.
A challenge we face is responding to opponents of Internet gambling who claim that legalization will lead to an increase in problem gambling. Below is a release we just sent out on a UK study that refutes this claim.
We welcome your support and encourage you to visit our website at Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiativefile:///C:/Documents and Settings/m... Internet Files/Media/www.safeandsecureig.org where you can contact your Member of Congress and register your support for the freedom to gambling online.
Jeffrey Sandman
Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative
New Report: Regulated Internet Gambling Does Not Lead to Increase in Problem Gambling
U.K. survey shows rate of problem gambling remains unchanged since 1999
U.K. survey shows rate of problem gambling remains unchanged since 1999
September 19, 2007 – A report released today by the U.K. Gambling Commission, which regulates Internet gambling in Britain, reveals that problem gambling has not increased over the last eight years despite the availability of Internet gambling. The British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2007 found that the rates of problem gambling were 0.6 percent and 0.5 percent of the gambling population, the same percentage of problem gamblers as reported in the last gambling participation survey conducted in 1999.
“The Commission’s report shows that Internet gambling opponents are using scare tactics to argue that regulated Internet gambling will result in an increase in compulsive gambling,” said Jeffrey Sandman, spokesman for the Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative. “The reality is that regulated Internet gambling, which is clearly working in the U.K., can offer better controls and protection for underage and vulnerable gamblers in the U.S.”
The Internet Gambling Regulation and Enforcement Act, proposed by Representative Barney Frank (D-MA), would protect U.S. consumers by establishing a regulatory and enforcement framework to combat compulsive and underage gambling. Safeguards that have proven effective in protecting against problem gambling include the ability to control the amount of money wagered, set limits on amounts deposited, restrict the duration that somebody can play, identify and stop players whose gambling patterns seem out of the ordinary and allow for consumers to be excluded from online gambling.
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