The US Congress, in its final major bill of the year, has declined to support a call by casino magnate Sheldon Adelson for a ban on legalised internet gambling.
Following calls from both sides of the debate, House leaders declined to get involved and the omnibus spending bill did not contain provisions sought by Adelson that would reinstate a federal law to ban all forms of internet gambling.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) said yesterday that the online gaming debate would essentially be over if the spending bill was silent. “If we can’t get it into the omnibus, it won’t be in anything,” he said.
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal
