Gambling Bill Fails

It seems Harry Reids proposed online gambling bill that would have paved way for the legislation of online poker in the US is no longer n the table during the current session of Congress.

Harry Reid, who had hoped to fold a provision legalizing online poker into the tax cut compromise or the omnibus spending bill, has instead just decided to fold.

The Senate Majority Leader deeply disappointed proponents of online poker earlier this week when he failed to slip language legalizing online gambling into the tax cut bill. His decision late last night to bow to political pressure and pull the trillion-dollar spending bill from Senate consideration during the lame-duck session effectively ended any last hope of beating back the ban on online gambling.

The odds that a Republican-run House will do anything to rescind the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act are next to nothing.

Too bad – It seems the house has one this time.