Internet Gambling Prohibition Bill # S.627 [update]

If you oppose this Bill's intrusion into your freedoms
please go to this site and make your voices heard.
http://www.profreedom.com/

This site contains the latest news on this awful law. It has
a form you can fill out to identify your Senators and with
the click of a button you can then send them a prepared form
email opposing this Bill. The email you will be sending
says:

"Subject: Freedom and Privacy for Internet Users 
Dear [Lawmaker]: 
As an American, I view my freedom to participate in harmless
recreational activities a right as fundamental as freedom of
speech. Legislation pending before the Senate to ban placing
bets or wagers on the Internet - even from my own home - is
currently threatening this right. The bill, S. 627, the
so-called the Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition
Act, is a clear invasion of my privacy.
S. 627 would force credit card companies to monitor my
transactions to determine whether I was placing a bet online
and block that transaction. As a consenting adult, I don't
think Congress needs to spy on my financial activities to
keep me from "harming" myself.
I urge you and your colleagues to help stop this effort to
restrict my freedom and privacy. Please oppose S. 627.
Sincerely,"

Internet Gambling Prohibition Bill # S.627 [update]

If you oppose this Bill's intrusion into your freedoms
please go to this site and make your voices heard.
http://www.profreedom.com/

This site contains the latest news on this awful law. It has
a form you can fill out to identify your Senators and with
the click of a button you can then send them a prepared form
email opposing this Bill. The email you will be sending
says:

"Subject: Freedom and Privacy for Internet Users 
Dear [Lawmaker]: 
As an American, I view my freedom to participate in harmless
recreational activities a right as fundamental as freedom of
speech. Legislation pending before the Senate to ban placing
bets or wagers on the Internet - even from my own home - is
currently threatening this right. The bill, S. 627, the
so-called the Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition
Act, is a clear invasion of my privacy.
S. 627 would force credit card companies to monitor my
transactions to determine whether I was placing a bet online
and block that transaction. As a consenting adult, I don't
think Congress needs to spy on my financial activities to
keep me from "harming" myself.
I urge you and your colleagues to help stop this effort to
restrict my freedom and privacy. Please oppose S. 627.
Sincerely,"

Alternatively, if you don't like that email, we have
installed a form on our "Gambling News" page (you can get
there from the link in the left side menu of our website at
www.clubwager.net ) that will identify your Senators based
on your zip code and gives you a simple interface to send
them an email message of your choosing.

The Internet Gambling Prohibition bill (identified by CRS)
Bill # S.627 Original Sponsor:Jon Kyl (R-AZ) is going to put
an end to online gambling. This includes online poker. This
Bill is likely to pass Congress this year according to Sen.
Jon Kyl, the senator who introduced the legislation. You can
read more about this issue from the "Gambling News" section
of our website. 

The Bill prohibits any person engaged in the business of
betting or wagering from knowingly accepting in connection
with another person's participation in Internet gambling:
(1) credit; (2) electronic fund transfers or funds
transmitted through money transmitting businesses; (3) any
instrument drawn by or on behalf of another and payable
through any financial institution; or (4) the proceeds of
any other form of financial transaction involving a
financial institution as payer or financial intermediary on
behalf of another person.
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/bills/?billnum=S.627&congress=108

In effect, you will not be able to get money in or out of
your player account. 

If you are against this Bill then please make your voices
heard.
Regards,
Club Wager
The place for the savvy online gambler
http://www.clubwager.net

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