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"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.
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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.
In his letter, Porter draws the attention of his colleagues to an L.A. Times editorial that points out the hypocrisy of the proposed anti-gambling bills as well as the logic behind legalising online gambling.
"That is why I have introduced legislation that would establish a bipartisan commission to study issues posed by the continued spread and growth of interstate commerce with respect to gambling," Porter says in the letter.
Porter also asks that Congressmen who are interested in cosponsoring his bill to contact him. When the bill was introduced May 24, it had 42 initial cosponsors and has since gained three more.
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.
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