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| | |  October 27 - UK
Culture Secretary, Tessa Jowell, has spoken out against the US
government regarding its recent passing of an anti-online gambling law,
comparing the online gambling ban to a 'modern day form of prohibition'.
Ms Jowell made her feelings known yesterday when she spoke out against the
signing into law by President Bush of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement
Act of 2006 (UIGEA).
She said the new law could easily encourage fraud and exploitation, much like
the infamous prohibition in the US early last century when the production and
sale of alcohol was prohibited, spawning a slew of illegal distilleries,
drinking venues (speakeasies) and of course organized crime in the form of the
Mafia.
Ms Jowell told the Financial Times that the United States should have learned a
lesson from the prohibition that banning something millions of Americans see
nothing wrong with can only result in 'underground' and 'illicit' online
gambling practices.
The culture secretary went on to say that the United States had three choice
regarding online gambling, namely prohibit it as the US has done, ignore it or legalize and regulate it as the United Kingdom has done with excellent
results.
Said Ms Jowell, 'I believe that our chosen path here in the UK will do
the most to keep out crime and keep the online gambling industry honest, fair
and regulated.'
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