Remote Gambling Association (RGA), a trade association which represents the largest remote gambling operators and encourages social responsibility within the gambling industry, submitted testimony today to the House Committee on Financial Services that demonstrates how regulated Internet gambling can protect consumers and the payment system.
“As with all other industries and sectors it (Internet gambling) is capable of control in order to prevent it being used as a source of crime,†said Clive Hawkswood, Chief Executive of the Remote Gambling Association. “Within the United States vast amounts of credit card transactions take place on a daily basis. The system is well established and well policed in order to counteract fraudulent and criminal transactions. The only circumstance in which crime can flourish is if the activity is unregulated.â€
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