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HR 2610 110th Congress House

Skill Game Protection Act

Official title: To amend subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and section 1084 of title 18 of such Code to clarify the applicability of such provisions… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend subchapter IV of chapter 53 of title 31, United States Code, and section 1084 of title 18 of such Code to clarify the applicability of such provisions to games of skill, and establish certain requirements with respect to such games, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 7, 2007 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Administrative procedureCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCollection of accountsComputer security measures
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Crime and Law EnforcementDepartment of the TreasuryFamiliesFraudGamblingGovernment Operations and PoliticsIncome taxInternetLawLocal lawsLocal taxationMinoritiesMinorsMoney launderingNative Americans
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jul 16, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jun 7, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jun 7, 2007
Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 7, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 16, 2007

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Skill Game Protection Act - Amends federal criminal law to exempt from the prohibition against transmission of wagering information the operation or participation in poker, chess, bridge, mahjong or any other game where success is predominantly determined by a player's skill, to the extent that: (1) the game provides for competition only between and among participants, and not against the person operating the game; and (2) the operator is in compliance with federal regulations governing games of skill.

Amends federal law governing monetary transactions to instruct the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe regulations requiring each person who operates a game of skill on the Internet to maintain specified safeguards, including: (1) that the individual participant depositing funds is 18 years of age or older; (2) that the individual participant is physically located in a jurisdiction that does not bar participation in the particular Internet games of skill in which the individual participates; and (3) that all taxes relating to Internet games of skill due to federal and state governments and to Indian tribes from individual participants are collected at the time of any payment of any proceeds of Internet games of skill.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Republican 1
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Sep 24, 2007
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Jul 18, 2007
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jul 18, 2007
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 17, 2007
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 27, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2610: Skill Game Protection Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2610/
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"H.R. 2610: Skill Game Protection Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2610/.
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H.R. 2610, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-2610/.
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