IOWA URGED TO PROTECT ITS STATE PREROGATIVE ON
GAMBLING
2 October 2009
Lottery exec thinks federal legislation of on
Internet gambling could pass
In a briefing to Iowa state leadership, the chief
executive of the state lottery, Terry Rich, has opined
that HR2267, a bill authored by Representative Barney
Frank to legalise online gambling in the USA could be
passed as a federal law. Consequently, it was important
that Iowa should keep its options open and develop plans
to "protect its borders" while Internet gambling
legislation is being debated in Congress, he said.
Rich briefed the Iowa Lottery Board on the Frank
bill, saying: "Based upon what we are seeing, I think
that the federal government may pass something.
Obviously, our job as employees of the state...is to
make sure that our elected officials know that if it
does pass, what impact it might have for the state,"
Rich said.
The lotteries executive pointed out
that legislation could include provisions authorising
the federal government to regulate and tax Internet
gambling in Iowa if the state's elected officials don't
take action within a specified time frame. It was
therefore important that state officials ensured the
protection of state rights to either reject or approve
Internet gambling, and to impose taxes.
"The
decision may be to do something, do nothing; but to at
least have control so that if you do something in the
state of Iowa that the state legislature and the
governor decides what it should be," Rich said.
The lottery official said he has been briefing Governor
Chet Culver's staff and the Iowa Legislature's
Government Oversight Committee on the issue.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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