Online Gambling Law May Be Bad Bet (NPR)Morning Edition , April 16, 2007 Rep. Barney Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, wants Congress to repeal a law that effectively bans online gambling by making it illegal for credit card companies to process online gaming receipts. The World Trade Organization rejected the law, enacted in 2006.

Lawmaker slams online gambling ban (Albuquerque Tribune)Frank, a Massachusetts Democrat, who leads the House Financial Services Committee, told reporters Thursday the online gambling bill passed last fall was “one of the stupidest things I ever saw.”