Frank bill "unlikely" to be heard this month

[The Buzz]

The Poker Players Alliance told Card Player magazine this week that Rep. Barney Frank's bill to legalize and regulate online gaming is "unlikely" to be heard this month.

“The feedback we got (from a meeting with Rep. Frank’s staff this week) was that it’s unlikely that we will hold a hearing in September; however, the door is not closed on that,” said PPA Executive Director John Pappas, speaking about H.R. 2267: The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act, a bill Rep. Frank introduced in May that would regulate the online poker industry.

The PPA plans to remain busy this month however. They will be actively pushing Frank's second bill, which will delay the full implementation of the UIGEA from Dec. 1, 2009 to Dec. 1, 2010.

[smathe77]

This whole UIGEA/Frank Bill is one giant mass. Whose financial interests are behind that darn thing? Does the online poker/casino industry have enough money to outbid those entities? This is the only question here. If not, then chewing our nails to the bone looking for legalization makes no sense whatsoever cause it won't happen. Period. Regardless of what Frank says or does.