| PGRI Note: Even the National Indian Gaming Commission states clearly that income distributions derived from Tribal gaming must be reported and taxes must be withheld and paid. This is not a matter of dispute over gray areas relating to Indian "sovereignty". This is simply tax fraud. |
| PGRI Note: It's incomprehensible that any state legislator would hold their own lottery down with the direct result of supporting the expansion of commercial casino gambling and smoothing the path for federalization of i-gaming. This is so contrary to the interests of the citizens of the state and the protection of the consumer. What can be done to get this simple message into the hearts and minds of U.S. state legislators? |
| PGRI Notes: Articles states "While many state legislatures such as California, Illinois and Pennsylvania have been considering various online poker and gambling measures, other states such as Florida have made moves in the opposite direction by outlawing Internet cafes. The recent proposals in Massachusetts and Ohio mirror those past polar opposites." These are not "polar opposites". Outlawing illegal i-gaming operations and effecting laws to enforce the laws are a necessary part of any state regulatory and taxation framework for Internet gaming. These articles all tend to treat the matter of i-gaming as whether or not U.S. state lawmakers are making it easier or harder for the consumer to go online to gamble. Simplifying it in that way is what paves the way for a federal framework to treat the issue properly. States need to clarify their regulatory program, what is legal, what is not legal, what is the taxation scheme for the legal forms of i-gaming, and what are the enforcement mechanisms for banishing illegal operations like unlicensed Internet cafes. |
| PGRI Note: Laws prohibiting illegal operators from gaining market share were not adequately enforced. The result is that the illegals gained a bigger and bigger foothold in the Dutch market, apparently leaving the government little option but to license and tax these underground operators. I would think there is a lesson to be taken from this. Governments everywhere need to formulate a clear and sensible policy, one that includes meeting the demand which otherwise goes to support illegal operators, channelizing the demand away from the illegals over to legal and taxed operators (like the government lottery), and vigorously enforcing laws against illegal operators. |
| "We are excited to launch instant tickets and are confident Scientific Games will do a good job," said Sergio Gonzalez Ruiz Olivares Director General, National Lottery of Panama " Scientific Games has had a successful track record launching instant lotteries in other jurisdictions around the world, and has proven its ability to deliver quality products as well as efficient and effective management of inventories, marketing and sales. With its help, we can continue to focus on growing our revenues in order to return more funds to Panamanians." |
Friedrich Stickler (President, European Lotteries) said “EL is the only association of betting operators to argue that match-fixing is probably the greatest threat to the integrity of sport. Together with the ICSS we are setting concrete actions and commitments to fight match-fixing and fraud. With this collaboration we want to strengthen each others responses and initiatives. As the historic partner of sport in our Member States, we are actually the strongest defenders of the integrity of sport and daily contribute to important initiatives like the one from ICSS”.More Articles...
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