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On Wednesday, there will be a hearing on Capitol Hill to discuss a bill known as RAWA (Restoration of America’s Wire Act) which seeks to ban online poker nationwide.
A list of witnesses was recently released. Scheduled to testify are John Kindt, professor at the University of Illinois’ School of Law, Les Bernal, National Director of the Stop Predatory Gambling Foundation, Mike Fagan, professor at Washington University’s School of Law, Andrew Moylan, Executive Director at R Street, and Parry Aftab, Executive Director at Wired Safety.
The Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security will hold the hearing at 4 p.m. local time. A link to watch the hearing on the Internet should be available.
The bill is the one backed by billionaire Sheldon Adelson.
According to the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, “the purpose of this resolution is to curb Internet gambling and protect the rights of American families.”
Online poker supporters say that the bill tramples on their rights.
The hearing was supposed to be held earlier this month, but it was postponed due to winter weather. The last online gaming hearing on Capitol Hill was in late 2013
Online poker is currently regulated in just Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware.
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