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These boyz want to be the only ones on the block... In essence a monopoly! Don't they know that this game has been propped up so long that they can't be the only Global game.
The Thoroughbred Times — John Harrel
The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, which no longer includes a special exemption for the racing industry, is expected to come up for a vote on the floor of the United States House of Representatives on Monday evening.
National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Deputy Commissioner Greg Avioli said the House will consider the bill on a suspension calendar, meaning it will be an oral vote. No amendments can be added to the bill and it must pass by a two-thirds margin.
“There’s a feeling, with all the bill’s detractors, that if you can’t bring it up for an oval vote and it has to go to the House floor—where 14,000 amendments can be added—it
could be in trouble,” Avioli said.
Avioli said the NTRA began an e-mail and fax campaign on Monday to have NTRA members lobby their congressmen to support the bill, which now includes language the racing industry hopes will allow the sport to utilize the World Wide Web for betting.
If the bill is passed, then a House-Senate conference committee will have to reach a
compromise in language between the Senate and House versions of the bill. The Senate bill was passed late last year with an exemption for the pari-mutuel industry from the bill’s restrictions.
The exemption was struck from the House bill last week and replaced by language saying the bill would not allow gambling options to be expanded on the Internet. Racing officials have insisted that racing’s presence on the Internet would not constitute an expansion in gambling options because the sport has utilized closed-loop, simulcasting wagering for two decades without government interference.
Internet bill headed for House vote
The Thoroughbred Times — John Harrel
The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, which no longer includes a special exemption for the racing industry, is expected to come up for a vote on the floor of the United States House of Representatives on Monday evening.
National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) Deputy Commissioner Greg Avioli said the House will consider the bill on a suspension calendar, meaning it will be an oral vote. No amendments can be added to the bill and it must pass by a two-thirds margin.
“There’s a feeling, with all the bill’s detractors, that if you can’t bring it up for an oval vote and it has to go to the House floor—where 14,000 amendments can be added—it
could be in trouble,” Avioli said.
Avioli said the NTRA began an e-mail and fax campaign on Monday to have NTRA members lobby their congressmen to support the bill, which now includes language the racing industry hopes will allow the sport to utilize the World Wide Web for betting.
If the bill is passed, then a House-Senate conference committee will have to reach a
compromise in language between the Senate and House versions of the bill. The Senate bill was passed late last year with an exemption for the pari-mutuel industry from the bill’s restrictions.
The exemption was struck from the House bill last week and replaced by language saying the bill would not allow gambling options to be expanded on the Internet. Racing officials have insisted that racing’s presence on the Internet would not constitute an expansion in gambling options because the sport has utilized closed-loop, simulcasting wagering for two decades without government interference.