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The first flyer provides OGMF’s commentary opposed to Rep.
Leach’s proposed online gambling bill pending in Congress.
The commentary highlights ten rationales to oppose Rep.
Leach’s bill, including that the bill interferes with personal freedom,
it will not work, it will drive online gambling revenues offshore, it
will not protect minors or prevent money laundering, and it will
violate United States international trade obligations and a WTO ruling.
The second flyer provides facts about American support
for online gambling and opposition to Rep. Leach’s
proposed ban. OGMF has compiled polling information and leading
newspaper editorials that establish the overwhelming majority of
Americans are opposed to Rep. Leach’s heavy-handed legislative approach.
There are a number of leading newspapers and publications, for instance,
that have written editorials opposing Rep. Leach’s bill, including the
Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Miami Herald, San Diego Union Tribune, San
Antonio Express News, Arizona Star, and even Sports Illustrated.
In addition to polling information and editorials,
OGMF notes that prominent business organizations such
as the Independent Community Bankers of America, whose
members range from New York's Metropolitan National Bank
to Colorado's First National Bank of Las Animas, is
objecting to Rep. Leach’s effort to introduce legislation
that would block payments between U.S. residents and online
casinos. The ICBA, as well as the American Bankers Associations,
fears enforcement of this unruly bill would be burdensome –
if not impossible – given the way banking transactions are processed.
See “Banks Balk at Congressional Plan to Cut off Cash from Net Casinos,
” by David Kesmodel, Wall Street Journal.
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