IGC says gambling regulation should be left for individual states
June 19, 2005
The Interactive Gaming Council has shown its support to Utah Attorney
General Mark Shurtleff, who denied the World Trade Organization’s
ruling that allows foreign Internet gambling companies to trade
in non-gambling states.
The IGC agrees that gambling rules and regulations should be left
for individual states to deal with as they see fit.
However executive director of the IGC, Rick Smith, says that although
they agree with Mr. Shurtleff, who last week sent a letter to the
WTO criticizing their ruling, that allowing states to govern their
own Internet laws works both ways.
'While this tradition means that Utah, for example, has the
right to attempt to ban all gambling, it also means that the federal
government should keep its hands off when Nevada or a U.S. territory
such as the U.S. Virgin Islands tries to license and regulate online
casinos, or when North Dakota tries to license and regulate online
poker.'
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