Tag: U.S. Congress
Poll: Should U.S. Congress outlaw online gambling?
April 2, 2014
NJ.com – Should Congress pass legislation that would outlaw online gambling across the country — thus quashing New Jersey’s recent move to legalize internet betting? U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) and U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) are sponsoring the measure that would reimpose an interpretation of the federal Wire Act, which says betting over the internet violated the law. The U.S. Justice Department reversed course in 2011, leading Nevada, Delaware, and New Jersey to legalize the practice. New Jersey instituted online gambling in November. The senators said the Justice Department’s opinion was “yet another example” of the Obama administration…