Porter Warns Against Banning Online Gambling
Published: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
PORTER WARNS AGAINST "RASH DECISIONS" IN BANNING ONLINE GAMBLING IN
THE STATES
"Don't Bet On The House" letter points to the positive in LA Times
editorial
Rep. Jon C Porter, a Republican from Nevada who has proposed Bill HR
5474 "The Internet Gaming Study Commission Act" distributed
a letter this week to members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging them
not to make any "rash decisions" on Internet gambling policy until the
full implications of banning vs regulating online gaming in the USA have been
studied.
Political support is reported to be growing for Porter's proposal that a bipartisan
Congressional committee be appointed to conduct an in depth study of the online
gambling phenomenon before any moves are made to ban it. Major elements in the
American land gambling industry have already expressed support for the "look
before you leap" concept of a full and unbiased investigation of the industry
and its impact on American players.
Porter reinforced the message in his letter by attaching to it the powerful and
largely positive Los Angeles Times editorial titled "Don't Bet the House,"
which ran the same day.
