Renewed attempt by Kyl to Block US Online Gambling

May 15 - In 2002 Senator John Kyl tabled a bill to the US parliament to effectively outlaw online gambling in all forms for its citizens. The house rejected the bill. However, the Republican senator from Arizona is back again and has made his initial moves 2005 with the 2005 version of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act.

It is quite predictable that Kyl will persist wit the financial measures of previous years as he seeks to practically make it impossible for the online gambling industry to allow use of credit cards, wire transfers and other banking instruments that could be used by players to fund their gambling accounts.

Senator Kyl is a very experienced politician who knows how to influence and manipulate the US legislative set-up to attain his objectives, and should never be taken lightly despite previous failures to effectively kill off the industry. He knows that racing, lotteries, Indian gaming and land-based casinos will all look for exemptions that will allow individual states to to decide if they want to legislate online gambling.

The new draft bill currently does not define any specify gambling activities at this stage.

Kyl is a member of the Senate Finance Committee and although there are probably more pressing issues, the scheduling of his Bill for a hearing could be on the agenda. We will keep close tabs on this one.

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