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[HR2610] CEI - Can Someone Deal Internet Poker a Good Hand? (07/15/08)

By Arin Greenwood, CEI
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently has gone after Internet poker businesses with a vengeance—even though it may not have the authority to do so—driving many of them overseas. Now the House of Representatives is considering legislation to tell the Justice Department to leave Internet poker businesses alone. So would that constitute a needed clarification of jurisdictional authority? Sadly, no. The same statutory ambiguities that the Justice Department is now using to drive Internet poker out of America are in the proposed bill.

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[Video] Interview with Alfonse D'Amato and Rep. Robert Wexler

By PokerNews.com
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008