Reid renews push to ban online gaming
By Amber Phillips, Las Vegas Sun
WASHINGTON — Sen. Harry Reid is receptive of Sheldon Adelson’s push to ban all forms of online gambling, including poker.
Reid said in an interview Monday that if he isn’t able to get an exemption for poker from a proposed ban of online gaming making its way through Congress, he would consider supporting a full online gaming ban.
“Unless we can get something done with poker, I’m going to look closely — I haven’t made up my mind — but I’m going to look closely into banning it totally,” Reid said. “I’m going to take a hard look at it. It would be something I would certainly consider strongly.”
