Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Internet Gambling Regulation

June 5, 2007

Can Internet Gambling Be Effectively Regulated to Protect Consumers and the Payments System?

Friday, June 8, 2007, 10:00 a.m., 2128 Rayburn House Office Building    

 

Financial Services Committee to Hold Hearing on Internet Gambling Regulation

Washington,
DC – House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA),
today announced that the committee will hold a hearing entitled “Can
Internet Gambling Be Effectively Regulated to Protect Consumers and the
Payments System?”  The hearing will address issues related to ensuring
the safety and security of online gambling.

In
April, Chairman Frank introduced H.R. 2046, the Internet Gambling
Regulation and Enforcement Act of 2007, that would create an exemption
to the ban on online gambling for properly licensed operators, allowing
Americans to lawfully bet online.

Click here to watch live webcast of this hearing.

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