Las Vegas Review-Journal – Geoff Freeman didn’t shy away from wading into the Internet gaming debate. At his first Global Gaming Expo as CEO of the American Gaming Association, Freeman said Tuesday that the Washington, D.C.-based organization would step up the effort for federal passage of online gaming legislation, although he didn’t hold out much hope of the issue gaining any traction in Congress. “Anyone who has been to Washington recently knows that the environment for getting a bill done is not there,” Freeman said during a media briefing before the opening of the G2E at the Sands Expo and…

From Las Vegas Review-Journal – Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., said Tuesday she wants a House of Representatives committee to hold a hearing on the current state-by-state expansion of Internet gaming. In a letter to both the chairman and the ranking member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Titus said Congress needs to move quickly because Internet gaming is moving forward in several states, including Nevada. “Previous efforts in Congress to create a national legal framework for Internet gaming have failed and states have moved ahead of Congress to develop these laws and accompanying regulations,” Titus wrote. Nevada has…