Poker News – It’s no secret that Las Vegas Sands CEO Sheldon Adelson is an opponent of online poker. He’s been vocal regarding his concerns on “moral grounds,” and has indicated that he will fight against iGaming no matter the cost. Now, along with his Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, he has drafted the Internet Gambling Control Act, an anti-online poker bill that was recently leaked and made public by Marco Valerio on AgentMarco.com.
The bill aims to amend the Wire Act so that it applies to iGaming, which would reverse the Department of Justice’s landmark 2011 clarification on 18 U.S.C. § 1084 (the Wire Act).
The bill, which you can view in its entirety here, looks to “restore long-standing United States policy that the Wire Act prohibits Internet gambling to give Congress and the public time to fully examine the issues surrounding Internet gambling, including the potential for money laundering, fraud, terrorism financing, cyber-crimes and participation by minors, and for other purposes.”
