Changes

Federal law recognizes that state laws vary and seeks to ensure that neither interstate or foreign commerce is used to circumvent them.<ref>http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0389.pdf</ref>

Federal law recognizes that state laws vary and seeks to ensure that neither interstate or foreign commerce is used to circumvent them.<ref>http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d0389.pdf</ref>

==[[Money laundering]]==

==Money laundering==

 

Law enforcement officials said they believed that Internet gambling could potentially be a powerful vehicle for laundering criminal proceeds at the relatively obscure “layering” stage of money laundering. They cited several characteristics

Law enforcement officials said they believed that Internet gambling could potentially be a powerful vehicle for laundering criminal proceeds at the relatively obscure "layering" stage of money laundering. They cited several characteristics of Internet gambling that they believed made it vulnerable to money laundering, including the volume, speed, and international reach of internet transactions and the offshore locations of Internet gambling sites. In their view, these characteristics promoted a high level of anonymity and gave rise to complex jurisdictional issues.

of Internet gambling that they believed made it vulnerable to money

laundering, including the volume, speed, and international reach of

Internet transactions and the offshore locations of Internet gambling sites.

In their view, these characteristics promoted a high level of anonymity and

gave rise to complex jurisdictional issues.

Professor Nelson Rose said:

Professor Nelson Rose said:

*"The United States government has also been putting pressure on foreign governments, such as [[Antigua]], which have a major presence on the Internet. The major concern is money laundering, and individuals involved with the development of Antigua=s laws on Internet gambling have been visited by the Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, commonly known as 'FinCEN.' "<ref>http://www.gamblingandthelaw.com/antigua.html</ref>

*"The United States government has also been putting pressure on foreign governments, such as [[Antigua]], which have a major presence on the Internet. The major concern is money laundering, and individuals involved with the development of Antigua=s laws on Internet gambling have been visited by the Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, commonly known as 'FinCEN.' "<ref>http://www.gamblingandthelaw.com/antigua.html</ref>

==[[Gambling addiction]]==

==Gambling addiction==

 

Mark Kossman wrote:

Mark Kossman wrote:

*"Most people see internet gambling as a recreational and leisure activity. However, for other people internet gambling can become a trap. It can gradually, or sometimes quickly, become the only thing important. All of an individual’s resources and interests become focused on the next chance to gamble on the Internet." <ref>http://www.uwec.edu/counsel/pubs/internetGambling.htm</ref>

*"Most people see internet gambling as a recreational and leisure activity. However, for other people internet gambling can become a trap. It can gradually, or sometimes quickly, become the only thing important. All of an individual’s resources and interests become focused on the next chance to gamble on the Internet." <ref>http://www.uwec.edu/counsel/pubs/internetGambling.htm</ref>

==References==

==References==

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