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Bills Target Online-Gambling Ban

Source: Asian Wall Street Journal

Washington : DC : USA | 6 months ago

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A senior House Democrat introduced bills Wednesday that would suspend rules banning Internet-based gambling and seek to regulate it instead. A third bill introduced by a Democratic member of the Ways and Means Committee would ensure that online gaming companies would start paying taxes to the U.S....

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