Skill Game Protection Act

Bill: 110-hr-2610
Sponsor: Rep. Wexler, Robert [D-FL-19]
Introduced: 2007-06-07 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collection of accounts
Computer security measures
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of the Treasury
Families
Fraud
Gambling
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Internet
Law
Local laws
Local taxation
Minorities
Minors
Money laundering
Native Americans
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
State laws
State taxation
Tax administration
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: 
Skill Game Protection Act - Amends federal criminal law to exempt from the prohibition against transmission of wagering information the operation or participation in poker, chess, bridge, mahjong or any other game where success is predominantly determined by a player's skill, to the extent that: (1) the game provides for competition only between and among participants, and not against the person operating the game; and (2) the operator is in compliance with federal regulations governing games of skill.
 
Amends federal law governing monetary transactions to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations requiring each person who operates a game of skill on the Internet to maintain specified safeguards, including: (1) that the individual participant depositing funds is 18 years of age or older; (2) that the individual participant is physically located in a jurisdiction that does not bar participation in the particular Internet games of skill in which the individual participates; and (3) that all taxes relating to Internet games of skill due to federal and state governments and to Indian tribes from individual participants are collected at the time of any payment of any proceeds of Internet games of skill.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-07-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-06-07
text: Introduced in House