August 06, 2012

Reid not getting support for US online poker

Companies hoping for movement in the senate to allow federal law for online poker, seem to be having a losing battle. Sen. Harry Reid, who is one of the champions for the online industry with ihs senate bill to allow online poker has only 40 or so fellow Democrats on board for support and very little interest from Republicans

The bill, yet to be publicly unveiled and said to have been drafted with the collaboration of Sen. Jon Kyl in return for not including online casino gambling, is struggling according to an unidentified Democratic Party source.

Senator Reid was hoping to get support to attach his bill to the lame duck session of the senate, prior to the US Presidential elections, but with barely 40 Democrats interested in supporting the bill & needs significantly more Republican backing than he has yet been able to assemble, it is not looking hopeful for this.

Some weeks ago Reid called on fellow Nevada Sen. Dean Heller to persuade his fellow Republicans to step forward, but there has been little enthusiasm to take it on board.

At the same time the House of Assembly, where Republican Party Rep. Joe Barton appears to be battling with the same lack of interest on his bill proposing the legalisation of online poker where there has been little advance even beyond committee stage. In a US television interview this week Barton virtually admitted that progress was slow, intimating that tribal concerns over the impact of legalised internet poker were the cause, & not opposition from major land gambling companies.

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