美国互联网赌博行业的一些基本事实

  美国互联网赌博行业的一些基本事实:

  (1)互联网上的赌博交易金额高达13,000,000,000美元,是全球增长最快的行业。

  (2)赌博是世界各个国家非常流行的活动,在美国,几乎在每一个州都允许一些合法的赌博形式的存在。

  (3)美国的互联网赌博行业需要受政府规管。互联网赌博行业为50多个国家提供了数十亿美元税收。

  (4)2005年,全球网络赌博市场收入在25800000万美元左右,其中47%的博彩收益来自美国公民。

  (5)美国的互联网赌博行业迫切需要一定的监管制度,防止未成年人参加互联网赌博,惩治利用互联网赌博活动洗钱和诈骗等犯罪行为。

  (6)美国的互联网赌博行业迫切需要一定的监管制度,以增加国家税收收入,并会减少避税行为。

  译文:

  (1) Internet gambling is a $13,000,000,000 and growing industry worldwide.

  (2) Gambling is a popular activity domestically, with some form of gambling being permitted in nearly every State.

  (3) Internet gambling is a licensed, regulated activity in more than 50 countries, providing billions of dollars in tax revenue to those countries.

  (4) The global gaming market grossed about $258,000,000,000 in 2005. North American residents accounted for an estimated 47 percent of the global gross gaming yield in 2005.

  (5) A licensing and regulatory regime for Internet gambling in the United States is needed to provide appropriate protections against underage gambling, compulsive gambling, money laundering, and fraud for those citizens who choose to gamble online.

  (6) Licensing and regulating Internet gambling in the United States would provide additional tax revenues, and would reduce tax avoidance.