[DC] Selected Coverage of the Judiciary House Meeting on Internet Gaming

November 16th, 2007


Judiciary’s Website for the Internet Gaming Hearing (click here)
The official site includes streaming video of the hearing, witness testimony (click on the name), and press releases from the House of the Judiciary.

Quick Links:
articles
press releases
blogs
audio
videos
transcripts


articles:
The Addict’s Veto (Reason Magazine, 11/21/07)

House frustrated with UIGEA exceptions (Casino City News, 11/15/07)

Online Gambling Supporters Argue For Technology, Critics Want Regulations (Information Week, 11/15/07)


Annie Duke, Others Testify at House Judiciary Hearing on Online Gambling (Poker News, 11/15/07)

Online poker gains support to change existing ban (Medill Reports, 11/15/07)


Life, liberty and the right to play online poker (Salon, 11/15/07)

Internet gambling ban stirs feud (St.Louis Post-Dispatch, 11/15/07)

Lawmakers Hear Protests Over Internet Gambling Ban (Internet News, 11/15/07)

Restrictions on online wagering criticized (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 11/15/07)

Regulating Internet Gaming – Q&A with Annie Duke (Washington Post, 11/14/07)

U.S. Treasury Department outlines exemptions on Internet gambling ban (CNBC, 11/14/07)

Interview: Annie Duke — Part One (CardPlayer, 11/13/07)

Interview: Annie Duke — Part Two (CardPlayer, 11/14/07)

Lawmaker raps Internet-gambling enforcement (Reuters, 11/14/07)

Lawmakers Push for Changes to Internet Gambling Ban (CongressNow, 11/14/07)

press releases:
Congressional Hearing Dispels Internet Poker Myths (Poker Players Alliance, 11/15/07)

Ban on Internet Gaming Violates Americans’ Liberty and U.S. World Treaty Obligations, Say Experts at House Judiciary Committee Hearing (SSIGI, 11/14/07)

Deputy Assistant Secretary Valerie Abend Before the U.S. House of Representative Judiciary Committee (US Treasury, 11/14/07)

Congressional Hearing Set as Support Grows for Regulated Internet Poker (PPA, 11/13/07)

House Judiciary Committee to Address Internet Gambling (House Judiciary Committee, 11/13/07)

blogs:
Poker Players Demand Tolerance (Reason, 11/16/07)

audio:
The Congressional Hearing (The Bear Blog, 11/15/07)

A Push to Legalize Online Gambling (NPR, 11/15/07)

videos:
1. Opening Remarks
2. Rep. Shelley Berkley
3. Rep. Bob Goodlatte
4. Catherine Hanaway
5. Valerie Abend
6. Joseph Weiler
7. Annie Duke
8. Tom McClusky
9. Michael Colopy
10. Additional Comments Pt.1
11. Additional Comments Pt.2
12. Rep. Robert Wexler
13. Rep. Howard Coble
14. Rep. Bobby Scott
15. Goodlatte Q&A Pt.1
16. Goodlatte Q&A Pt.2
17. Rep. Shirley Jackson Lee
18. Rep. Steve Cohen
19. Rep. Trent Franks
20. Goodlatte Q&A Pt.3
21. Rep. Steve Cohen Pt.2
22. Closing Remarks

transcripts of testimony:

Judiciary Hearing – Full Transcript

The Honorable Shelley Berkley
U.S. House of Representatives Nevada, 1st District

The Honorable Bob Goodlatte

U.S. House of Representatives Virginia 6th District

The Honorable Catherine Hanaway
United States Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri, U.S. Department of Justice

Joseph Weiler

New York University, School of Law

Tom McClusky
Vice President of Government Affairs, Family Research Council

Valerie Abend
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Annie Duke
Los Angeles, CA

Michael Colopy
Aristotle

Harlan W. Goodson
President, Interactive Skill Games Association

Jeffrey Sandman
Safe and Secure Internet Gambling Initiative