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October 2006, President signs H.R. 4954: Security and
Accountability For Every Port Act ("SAFE Port Act"), which SAFE Port Act incorporated
Title VIII--Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.
Title VIII added in conference committee. Earlier, the House passed the SAFE Port
Act: ayes-421, nays-2 and not voting-9 and the Senate passed the SAFE Port Act:
ayes-98, nays-0 and not voting-2.
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September 2006, a judge cleared a former British betting-company
executive to return to London after New York Governor George Pataki declined to
sign a warrant extraditing him to Louisiana, where he was charged with illegal
online gambling. Offshore Internet gambling, however, is not a crime in
New York, and Governor Pataki said the state law only permitted extradition if
the accused person was physically present in the place where he is accused of
breaking the law.
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