美国爱荷华州居民以后可以在网上投注赛马

　　不久，爱荷华州的居民将可以在网上投注赛马。上周四，爱荷华州的赛马博彩委员会批准通过一项新的网上赌博法案，该项网上赌博法案是由立法机关上届会议起草的正式法规。这些法规将允许爱荷华州的居民在法律的约束下玩网上赌博游戏。该项网上赌博法律还允许爱荷华州居民通过网上投注赛马，这样那些爱好投注赛马的赌徒通过电话或互联网进行投注。爱荷华州居民以后投注赛马，可以不必出现在赛马赌场上，他们可以将赌注放置到一个投注户口中。

　　业内人士说，在上周的赛马博彩委员会中有，大部分参会代表同意批准网上赌博法案。如果是这样，网上赛马投注将于2012年1月1日开始。这一个变化是使赛马投注变得更容易。杰克Ketterer，艾奥瓦州赛马博彩委员会的管理员说，新的网上赌博法案可以使赌马行业在合法的环境下发展。但目前该赌博法案仍有很多细节还需要处理。该赛马博彩委员将向一个总部位于加利福尼亚的咨询公司寻求帮助。

　　但目前还有很多人对网上赌博法案持有怀疑态度。米奇亨利是爱荷华州一家网上赌场的负责人。他说，允许在线赌马将会增加我们赌博网站的利润收入。

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　　Soon Iowa residents will be able to bet on horse racing online for the first time. On Thursday, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is expected to approve new online gambling regulations that were passed by the legislature in the last session. Those regulations allow dvance deposit wagering,which lets gamblers place a bet on horse races if they are not at the track either through telephone or the Internet. In order to place the bet, the person must have already placed a deposit into a betting account.

　　Insiders say that there are enough votes in the commission for the regulation to be enacted. If so, advance wagering for horse racing could begin on January 1. The change is intended to make horse race betting more accessible. Jack Ketterer, the administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, said that the new procedure is 鈥渇or people throughout the state who would like to bet on Prairie Meadows races, but who really have no way of doing sowithout making a trip to the track. Many of the details still need to be worked out, such as the framework for the depositing. The commission enlisted the help of a California-based consulting firm to help with the depositing.

　　Many are skeptical of the plan. Mitch Henry, who heads a group called No Casino Iowa, said that allowing online betting for horse races will see an initial increase in profit.