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Adelson’s Failed Online Gambling Ban Gets Another Hearing in Congress This Week?

After many defeats over the last two years, Congress might yet again take up Sheldon Adelson’s legislation to federally ban online state-based gambling, if members insert the RAWA into the State Justice Commerce Appropriations bill in Congress next week. The legislation, called the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), was originally introduced in Congress in […]

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Sheldon Adelson’s Monday Buys Another Chance for Internet Gambling Ban?

The voters sent a clear message on Election Day to reform government and drain the swamp, but some in Washington D.C. didn’t get the message. While few were watching, on September 21, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), an ally of Las Vegas Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, filed a bill in the senate that is almost identical […]

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Chaffetz Promotes Internet Gambling Ban with Sensationalist Hearing

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chief sponsor of RAWA[/caption] Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) hopes to breathe new legislative life into his attempt to federal ban internet gambling by holding a hysteria-filled hearing before the House Oversight Committee next week. Chaffetz, as chairman of that committee in Congress, is the chief sponsor of the Restoration of America’s Wire […]