U.S. Senate introduces New Internet Casino Legalization Bill
New Bill has a Higher Profile in the Senate and Different from a Similar Online Gambling Bill by Barney Frank.
New legislation
Robert Menendez, the New Jersey Democrat, has introduced a new piece of legislation in the U.S. Senate to regulate and legalize Internet casino.
The bill aims to enable the amendment of title 31 of the United States Code to enable the licensing of Internet casino as well as other games of a predominant skill to protect consumers on the Internet, enforce the tax code and any other purpose that might be deemed fit by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The bill might establish a novel legal framework of regulations for Internet casino within the United States, while putting in place consumer protections and restrictions such as age. The introduced Bill is known as the Internet Casino and Games of Skill Regulation, S.8309, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act.
Milestone in the World of Casino
Whether the Bill succeeds or not, it represents a milestone in the world of casino, where there has always been a struggle to classify casino as a game of skill from gambling. The movement wants to legalize casino and transform the way it is regarded by popular culture.
The movement has earned lots of transaction in the past year, after lesser court victories within states such as South Carolina, Pennysylvannia and Colorado. The Bill has bipartisan support although most supporters of the bill have largely been Democrats.
Barney Frank
Barney Frank is from New Jersey and a Democrat, which is the party largely open to online gambling legislation. He has also been on the forefront to regulate other sectors of Gambling online through personal legislations different from this bill.
New Jersey is the home to popular gaming destinations in the United States, where Atlantic City in New Jersey has had a series of internal struggles on whether to legalize gaming or not, with the recent clash been with the Federal Government on the same.
The casino Players Alliance or PPA has come out strongly in the support of the novel bill, and have posted a copy of the bill at its online site.