美国赌博听证会

　　在美国赌博听证会过程中，有许多人纷纷发言，表示应该实现在线赌博合法化。

　　在线扑克在美国多年来一直未取得合法地位，如今这项受到众多质疑的在线游戏面临着一个合法性听证会审议。早在今年4月，美国司法部就拒绝关闭几个全国最大的在线扑克室。

　　因为一些政策方面的原因，在线扑克一直无法进入美国的一些规范行业，如赌博的新闻报道。赌博新闻报道能为美国带来一部分税收，不应该完全禁止，不少参加听证会的人员如此认为。

　　美国赌博听证会是美国在线赌博行业走向合法化的第一步。这是商业、制造业和贸易行业举办的一次公开听证会，以讨论在线扑克法合法化问题。许多有名企业家出席该听证会，包括铝达马托，他是在线赌博合法化事业最积极的支持者之一，出席听证会的还有扑克玩家联盟之一的创始人等。

　　听证会委员小组有六位成员，其中有五位表示在线扑克合法化的愿望。欧内斯特史蒂文斯，NIGA（全国印第安人博彩协会）的主席，是唯一一个反对在线扑克合法化的委员代表，因为他担心，在线赌场合法化，不会为政府带来很多税收，反而会引起更多的社会问题。

　　美国此次的赌博听证会不同于以往的赌博听证会。该听证会不仅侧重于在线赌博的合法性，而且也侧重讨论了一些关于在线赌博引起的道德问题。此外，听证会还紧紧围绕如何保护消费者权益进行了积极的探讨。

　　总而言之，整个听证会是一个积极的基调下开始的，它提出了许多网上赌博合法化好处。这些好处是相当显着的，例如，美国在线赌博行业每年为公众产生了高达60亿美元利润。

　　译文：

　　Online poker has faced much scrutiny from “outsiders” over the years, many of which were questioning the legality of the game. The situation the online gambling industry is in since April didn’t do much to help. For those of you who aren’t up to date with the latest online poker news,  back in April the United States Department of Justice turned up the heat and shut down several of the largest online poker rooms in the country. Seizures were made, the domain names were even seized for a couple of days, and one of the sites （Full Tilt Poker） is still suffering, as it’s closed for business for the past months.

　　Ever since then, online poker has been just about unreachable from within the United States, despite many attempts to regulate the industry, as reported by the gambling news, and have it make the state some money from taxes, instead of banning it altogether.

　　One of the most notable attempts to legalize online poker in the United States came just a few days ago, when the Subcommitte on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held an open hearing in order to discuss the potential online poker law. Many famous names from the industry took part in the hearing, including Al D’Amato, one of the most active supporters of the cause, and founder of one of the Poker Players Alliance, a group that lobbies for the legalization of the game.

　　Six panel members testified in front of the subcommittee, and five of them expressed their desire for online poker to be legalized. Ernest Stevens, the chairman of the NIGA （National Indian Gambling Association） was the only one who opposed the law, as he feared that the new sport wouldn’t allow much profit to reach tribal governments.

　　Unlike other such hearings, this one wasn’t focused primarily on the legality and morality of online gambling （or gambling in general）。 The hearing revolved, instead, around consumer protection.

　　Overall, the whole hearing was set under a positive tone, with many benefits to an online gambling legislation being highlighted. And these benefits are quite notable – for instance, the American online gambling public generates profits of up to $6 billion each year.