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Sponsor. Jon Kyl (R-AZ). Original Cosponsors.
Richard Bryan (D-NV), Charles Grassley (R-IA),
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Slade Gorton (R-WA),
Michael Enzi (R-MN), Don Nickles (R-OK), Strom
Thurmond (R-SC), Connie Mack (R-FL), Paul
Coverdell (R-GA), Rick Santorum (R-PA), and
Harry Reid (D-NV). Additional Cosponsors. Bob
Smith (I-NH), Tim Hutchinson (R-AR), Wayne
Allard (R-CO), Kit Bond (R-MO), Trent Lott
(R-MS), Tim Johnson (D-SD), George Voinovich
(R-OH), Mike DeWine R-OH), Sam Brownback (R-KS),
Jim Bunning (R-KY), Robert Torricelli (D-NJ),
and Jesse Helms (R-NC).
Summary. S 692 IS is a long and carefully
drafted bill. Much of its 28 pages is devoted to
creating exceptions to its coverage, and to
defining the circumstances under which
legitimate interactive computer services are
immune from injunction or penalty for the
activities of Internet gambling businesses which
use their services or facilities.
The Internet Gambling Prohibition Act would
create a new § 1085 in Title 18 of the United
States Code. It begins with a lengthy
definitions section.
The bill then states the basic prohibition: "it
shall be unlawful for a person engaged in a
gambling business to use the Internet or any
other interactive computer service to place,
receive, or otherwise make a bet or wager." The
word "person" is defined to include corporations
and other entities, of course. However, this
language is significant in that it does not
illegalize the act of gambling on the Internet.
Only the gambling businesses are affected. S 474
went after both gambling businesses and
individual gamblers.
The bill next sets out penalties for violators.
These are fines in the amount of the total
wagers received, or 20,000, whichever is
greater, and jail time of up to four
years.
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