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From FamilyLeader.net, by Maurine Proctor

“Internet gambling’s characteristics are unique,” noted the Associated Press. “Online players can gamble 24 hours a day from home; children may play without sufficient age verification; and betting with a credit card can undercut a player’s perception of the value of cash, leading to bankruptcy, crime, and suicide. Professor John Kindt of the University of Illinois put it best when he called Internet gambling the “crack cocaine of gambling…There are no needle marks. There’s no alcohol on the breath. You click the mouse and lose your house.”The computer-savvy young people are particularly at risk. The president of the sophomore class at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania robbed a bank to pay off his Internet gambling debt.

On July 11, by a strong bi-partisan vote (317-93) the House passed a bill that will help block the $12 billion off-shore gambling industry and provide some tools for law enforcement. It was backed by Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, pro-family groups and 49 states’ attorney generals. Now the bill is headed to the Senate.

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Now it’s the Senate’s turn to consider the Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Let’s help curb the gambling addictions that hurt families. Please encourage your senators to vote for the Internet Gambling Prohibition and Enforcement Act. Click here to write an email on line. All you have to say is:
Dear Senator,Please vote for the Internet Gambling Enforcement Act and let’s put new restraints on the $12 billion off-shore gambling industry.

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