Tag: Internet gambling regulation
Officials plan to use film to push Internet gambling regulation
August 22, 2013
Casino City Times – Gaming leaders are looking at leveraging the release of a feature film that depicts the seedier side of illegal Internet poker to raise awareness of the need for proper regulation of online wagering. American Gaming Association (AGA) President Geoff Freeman, in an e-mail to the organization’s board of directors last week, said the October 4 release of “Runner Runner” presents the Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group an opportunity to state its case for Congress to pass regulations governing Internet gaming in the U.S. The movie, which stars Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, centers on illegal offshore Internet…