UIGEA – End of comments

On Regulations.gov, December 12 was the last day allowed for public comments on the Docket ID Treas-DO-2007-0015:

• Title   Prohibition on Funding of Unlawful Internet Gambling
• Type   Rulemaking
• Description   Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act requires the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System (the “Agencies”) to proscribe regulations requiring designated payment systems and all participants to identify and block unlawful Internet gambling transactions through the establishment of reasonably designed policies and procedures. The agencies are publishing an NPRM that requires designated payment systems and all participants to establish and implement written policies and procedures.
• Organization   Treasury
• Bureau Acronym   DO

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It was 188 comments, almost all of it in text format, some in Word, and very few as PDF

You will find very detailed and interesting information on this Docket (TREAS-DO-2007-0015) and Document (TREAS-DO-2007-0015-0001) here:

– in PDF format

– in text format (for text format, you have to visit the web site and you can access the document from there only)