美国马萨诸塞州将制定一项在线赌博条例法案，以规范马萨诸塞州内的网上赌博行业。立法会委员会正在对最终版本的在线赌博条例法案进行审批。该法案暂时结束了马萨诸塞州网上赌博行业的调控力度。马萨诸塞州的立法委员会在不断努力，他们的行为使美国其他州政府的立法委员会也开始重新考虑在线赌博行业的法案问题。马萨诸塞州立法会休会后，明年本月将补充在线赌博条率法案的其余部分。

　　今年早些时候，代表人丹温斯洛补充修订在线赌博法案，将规范网上赌博。马萨诸塞州由参议院议长贷瑞莎穆雷和众议院议长罗伯特DeLeo支持的众议院会议审核并通过该项草案。不过，该法案有两种不同的草案在两院通过。根据马萨诸塞州的实际情况，马萨诸塞州计划合并这两项条例草案。当时，马萨诸塞州立法委员会可以选择网上投票赌方式对在这两项条例草案进行选择，或者直接接受众议院的法案草案。他们选择了后者，没有进行在线投票调查，然后在参议院会议中以118比33的票数顺利通过该项在线赌博条例法案。经过一个程序性投票后，马萨诸塞州州长德瓦尔帕特里克在文件上签名，该签署文件将成为一项法律条文，主要规范网上赌博，并扩大马萨诸塞州的网上赌博行业，审批三个现实赌场经营执照，以及建设一个老虎机游戏厅。

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　　A bill that would bring intrastate online gambling to the U.S. state of Massachusetts is effectively dead. A conference committee failed to include language approving regulation in a final version of the bill, which put an end to the regulation efforts for the time being. Any efforts to bring online gambling to the Bay State will have to start anew next year, with the legislature adjourning later this month for the rest of 2011.

　　In the end, the last hope for online gambling regulation at this time came down to a conference committee. Earlier this year, Representative Dan Winslow added an amendment to a land gambling bill that would have regulated online gambling. The bill, pushed by Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Robert DeLeo, passed the Massachusetts House of Representatives easily. When the bill reached the Senate, though, the senators stripped the online gambling amendment from the bill. The bill then passed the Senate, resulting in two different bills passed by the two chambers.

　　At that time, the committee could have either voted to accept the online gambling regulation in the House bill or accept the lack of it in the Senate bill. They chose the latter, passing the reconciled bill without any online gambling language. The reconciled bill then easily passed the House on a 118-33 vote and passed the Senate on a 23-14 vote earlier this week. After a procedural vote, the bill will go to Governor Deval Patrick’s desk for a signature. He is expected to sign the bill into law. The bill will not regulate online gambling, but it will expand gambling in Massachusetts by approving three land casino licenses and one slot parlor at race tracks.