By Tim Shipman
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
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Stetson-wearing Las Vegas pros who like his belief in the freedom to gamble are putting their chips on Mr Obama, who is himself a skilled player of Texas Hold’Em and Seven Card Stud.
Doyle Brunson, America’s greatest living player and formerly a life-long Republican, has come out for Obama.
By Bob Pajich
Monday, July 7th, 2008
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H.R. 5767 Dies in Committee
A bill that would have forced Federal officials to decide if online poker should be considered gambling failed to make it past the House Financial Services Committee in June. Instead, Barney Frank and Ron Paul’s H.R. 5767 “Payment Systems Protection Act,” which would have stopped the implementation of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) until the federal government defined exactly what constitutes online gambling, was met with a 32-32 vote that broke along party lines, with a few notable exceptions.
By Michael Scherer And Michael Weisskopf
Monday, July 7th, 2008
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The casino craps player is a social animal, a thrill seeker who wants not just to win but to win with a crowd. Unlike cards or a roulette wheel, well-thrown dice reward most everyone on the rail, yielding a collective yawp that drowns out the slots. It is a game for showmen, Hollywood stars and basketball legends with girls on their arms. It is also a favorite pastime of the presumptive Republican nominee for President, John McCain.
By Erin Neff
Monday, July 7th, 2008
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I asked McCain about sports betting and Internet gaming, and whether any Nevada Republicans or gaming industry representatives had approached him about those issues.
“The issue of college betting is not going anywhere. … The sports betting thing, that was over years ago,” he added. “I’ve faced reality. It’s just like with immigration reform. Americans want a secure border.”
On Internet gaming, McCain was just off his game. First he tried to back away from his position because he hasn’t been involved in it lately. Then he said it was really fellow Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl’s deal.
By Chuck Blount
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
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There may be a time when the online poker industry is completely legal and regulated by the U.S. government, but dont expect it to happen anytime soon.
Last week the House Financial Services Committee defeated a bill submitted by congressmen Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Ron Paul, R-Texas, that would have helped put online poker on the fast track for legalization.
By Rep. Ron Paul
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
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The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions. We do not have the right to rob our neighbors to make up for our mistakes, neither does our neighbor have any right to tell us how to live, so long as we aren’t infringing on their rights. Freedom to make bad decisions is inherent in the freedom to make good ones. If we are only free to make good decisions, we are not really free.
By Rep. Barney Frank
Monday, June 30th, 2008
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Two wings of the Republican Party engaged in political combat on Wednesday, June 25th over an important question of regulation of the financial sector of our economy. The result was about as one-sided as it could be – the social/religious conservatives who believe that the main function of government should be to impose various personal behavioral choices on individuals beat those whose main goal is loosening what they believe to be inefficient restrictions on the free market economy by better than 9 to 1.
By US House of Representatives
Friday, June 27th, 2008
By Dan Cypra
Friday, June 27th, 2008
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On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee defeated HR 5767, a bill proposed by Barney Frank and Ron Paul that would have likely opened the door for the return of legalized and regulated online poker in the United States. Instead, it’s back to square one for the internet gambling industry, which must continue to navigate turbulent waters.
