12 Month Study Into Online Gambling

Another bill has been introduced to the house regarding the state of online gambling. However this one is to properly study and assess the current trends.It will look into regulations through various countries and what the government bodies of these countries have done to ensure that these have been met. It has been reported that The National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences perform this task over a twelve month period in order to get a proper conclusion and to determine what steps may be necessary for online gambling.

The bill HR2140, was introduced by representative Shelley Berkley who was quoted saying "One of the advantages of this legislation is that it doesn't take a side. It doesn't say online gambling is good or bad. It says, 'Let's study the issue.' "

HR 2140 has come up two weeks after Barney Franks' Internet Gambling Regulation Enforcement Act which was presented to regulate online gambling.

The irony in this is back in 2003 John Conyers who is the Judiciary Judiciary Committee Chairman and a co-sponsor of the forth coming bill also presented one similar to it, wanting a study to legalization of online gaming. Quite possibly had this bill passed back than we may not be in the situation we all are in. Who knows, I don't think the US government ever expected online gaming or even online poker for that matter to be such a huge success.