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A Divided Industry Enters the Prohibition Era
by Chris Krafcik
"I do think that more private company operators are now going to take U.S. money. If you're going to take U.S. money, and you want to work on this, you have to put your money up, because we financed everyone 'til today. Now, I think there's going to be a shift in responsibility, while we continue to take responsibility."
- Mitch Garber
PartyGaming
H.R. 4411.
David Carruthers.
Money laundering.
Aiding and abetting.
United States Congress.
Bill Frist.
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
Prohibition.
Exodus.
These and other words and expressions have permeated the idiom shared by the I-gaming industry, serving as palpable reminders of long-standing legal battles and financial woe, of furtive politics and changing interests. Following the enactment of the U.S. Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, most financially transparent public companies have flipped the switch on their U.S.-facing operations, while others wait and watch as the 270-day prescription period passes.
Private companies, meanwhile, have been the subject of much discussion and speculation. Reports and rumors are circulating about the industry going "underground," that the new law will do little more than expel regulated, publicly traded companies, clearing the way for private gambling companies and offshore banks to gobble up U.S. dollars on untraceable transactions. Other reports suggest further that the U.S. legislation will, in time, render itself moot after billions in difficult-to-trace "financial instruments" find their way into crooked, criminal claws.
"It leaves an opening for some of the more unscrupulous companies coming in from unregulated places," said Frank Catania, past director of New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement and president of Catania Consulting Group.
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by Chris Krafcik
"I do think that more private company operators are now going to take U.S. money. If you're going to take U.S. money, and you want to work on this, you have to put your money up, because we financed everyone 'til today. Now, I think there's going to be a shift in responsibility, while we continue to take responsibility."
- Mitch Garber
PartyGaming
H.R. 4411.
David Carruthers.
Money laundering.
Aiding and abetting.
United States Congress.
Bill Frist.
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
Prohibition.
Exodus.
These and other words and expressions have permeated the idiom shared by the I-gaming industry, serving as palpable reminders of long-standing legal battles and financial woe, of furtive politics and changing interests. Following the enactment of the U.S. Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, most financially transparent public companies have flipped the switch on their U.S.-facing operations, while others wait and watch as the 270-day prescription period passes.
Private companies, meanwhile, have been the subject of much discussion and speculation. Reports and rumors are circulating about the industry going "underground," that the new law will do little more than expel regulated, publicly traded companies, clearing the way for private gambling companies and offshore banks to gobble up U.S. dollars on untraceable transactions. Other reports suggest further that the U.S. legislation will, in time, render itself moot after billions in difficult-to-trace "financial instruments" find their way into crooked, criminal claws.
"It leaves an opening for some of the more unscrupulous companies coming in from unregulated places," said Frank Catania, past director of New Jersey's Division of Gaming Enforcement and president of Catania Consulting Group.
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