United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-12-02 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-03-89 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-89 P0b002ee180385384 f:d0389 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-89 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-89 GAO-03-89 Internet Money laundering Web sites Credit sales Law enforcement Other Written Product A05641 Internet gambling is a fast-growing industry with estimated 2003 revenues of more than $4 billion. However, concerns have been raised about its social and economic impacts. In light of recent recommendations by a Congressionally appointed commission, which advocated restricting Internet gambling within the United States, GAO was asked to examine the U.S. payments system, particularly credit cards, as it relates to interactive on-line gaming. We examined (1) the legal framework for Internet gambling domestically and abroad; (2) the credit card industry's policies regarding the use of credit cards to pay for Internet gambling and actions taken to restrict such usage; and (3) the views of law enforcement, banking regulators, and the credit card and gaming industries on the vulnerability of Internet gambling to money laundering. We issued an interim report on these issues in September 2002. GAO makes no recommendations in this report. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-89/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-89.htm GAO-03-89 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-03-89 Other Written Product GAO-03-89; Internet Gambling: An Overview of the Issues; Internet Money laundering Web sites Credit sales Law enforcement Volume 92 Page 1811 92 Stat. 1811 Volume 102 Page 2467 102 Stat. 2467 Volume 114 Page 2762 114 Stat. 2762 Public Law 95-515 Public Law 100-497 Public Law 106-553