The LV Sun has actually been providing better than half-decent coverage of online gambling lately.
Today, they featured a
story by Jeff Haney, who tackles the obvious fact that online gambling is such an insignificant issue that neither candidate can be considered a pro or anti online gambling crusader.
The article quotes Jay Lakin from PokerSourceOnline, who seems to spend most of his days providing quotes for newspaper articles. Anyway, Mr. Lakin provides a nice analysis of the situation.
Of particular note, and what is revealing to me, is the fact that Lakin brings up when discussing the Frank-Paul bill which stalled in committee a few months ago after a 32-32 deadlock:
Of the 32 lawmakers voting against it, 28 were Republican.
“It’s pretty much split down party lines,” he said. “Republicans
don’t want gambling legalized, Democrats do, and Republicans will do or
say whatever they need to do to make sure it stays illegal.”
That about sums it up.
This article follows another nice article the LV Sun published a few days ago, titled "Loyalists, until it comes to Internet gambling", which explains the bizarre situation brewing within the Poker Players Alliance, which is comprised mainly of Republican-leaning poker players, who are growing concerned that their party of choice is working against their beliefs and is turning America into a nanny state.
Are they just figuring this out now?