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With Safeguards, Internet Gambling Should Move Forward

WASHINGTON -- As reported by RCR Wireless News: "Internet gambling—wireline and wireless—should be regulated and legal, according to speakers at a forum here Monday.

"A panel representing academia, industry, advertising and media concluded that online gambling could operate legally and safely in this country so long as federal regulations are enacted to protect consumers, according to a press release issued by BETonSPORTS plc, the largest online wagering service and sponsor of the event.

"Congress has pursued Internet gambling legislation, but cannot agree on how it should be written.

"Keith Whyte, executive director of the National Council on Problem Gambling, explained that consumer protection safeguards should apply to all gambling, including land-based and Internet gaming.

"William Heberer, an attorney with the firm of Manatt, Phelps and Philips LLP, said the Justice Department relies on an outdated law—the 1961 Wire Communications Act—in claiming that wagering over the Internet is illegal..."

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