Tuesday, May 08, 2007

U.S. House bill proposes to study online gambling

House Bill 2140 was introduced to the United States House of Representatives on May 3, 2007, with the intention to "provide for a study by the National Academy of Sciences to identify the proper response of the United States to the growth of Internet gambling."

Among many other issues, the study would include:
Section 3a.(2C): " a determination of the impact of Internet gambling on minors and compulsive gamblers and the availability of regulatory and technological safeguards to prevent or mitigate these impacts;"

Full text of the bill (H.R. 2140) may be viewed here.

Thanks to Bill Ursel of the Canadian Mental Health Association, Saskatchewan, for this update.

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