Bush Pushed to Strictly Enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Act

Senator Jon Kyl has urged President Bush to strictly enforce the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act regulations that will be implemented in June/July when the 270 day time limit for putting banking regulations for the bill is up.

The Arizona senator co-sponsored the Act with former Senator Bill Frist, who attached the bill to an unrelated Safe Port Act in the final moments of last year's congressional sessions - without any other Senators having the time to look over or amend the bill.

The letter warns the president that if strict regulations are not enforced than all the progress they have made in destroying the industry will have been for not.

The letter goes on to explain that the bill has put the enforcement responsibilities on the executive branch and that it is the executive branch's responsibility to protect families who are destroyed by Internet gambling.

Ironically, Senator Kyl did not let George Bush know that he wrote carve-outs in his bill that would still allow horse betting, dog track betting, state run lotteries, and several other forms of gambling to remain legal.

The letter was written by Kyl as an unofficial response to respected Congressman Barney Frank's remarks saying that he would like to write a repeal against the unjust law.

Frank said in an interview last week that he has no urgency to write the repeal and that he would give more details in a week or more.

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