Online gaming votes (Help move votes to Democrats)

[JMac]

I am not sure if this has been discussed since I haven't been participating here much since the 2004 elections.

If anyone is interested in helping move some (R) votes to the (D) side. I suggest visiting some poker forums like pocketfives, fullcontactpoker, and 2plus2. Anyone who is good at debating can move quiet a few votes after the online gaming bill passed. There is alot of fear and discussion going on there now. I don't have the debating skills to engage them. Being an ocd politics junky, I'd love to see some of you come help the (D)'s by adding to these type forums. Thanks

Ps. I suggest starting at pocketfives. (Since that is my site :) ) Here is one of many threads to start: http://www.pocketfives.com/8C704A81-11EA-4F01-8EF8-0D1226A08BCF.aspx

[BlueManDude]

1. I've been betting offshore for 8 years

and the way the feds have made it harder to do is infuriating.

I've been blasting the GOP in some gaming forums but so many GOPers are in denial about their party ("Ohh the Dems would be doing the same thing...").

[lfairban]

2. Originally posted this on 2+2

Original Post

According to this NY Post article:

" But opponents of the bill charge that the NFL broke the rules when it fast-tracked legislation that never even got a vote in the Senate - a trick play that provided a big exemption for fantasy football.

The NFL runs its own fantasy football site, and gets royalties from others. Fantasy contest companies generate up to $200 million a year, according to an industry association. "

. . . whereas according to the above link:

"Leading the corporate lobbying effort in support of the bill – and in opposition to the efforts of UK companies such as SportingBet and Partygaming – was the National Football League, which said it wanted to crack down on sports betting because it hurts the integrity and perception of football in America."

The NFL does have a fantasy football site.

If you don't recall how Abramoff and Reed were involved in this:

Abramoff was lobbying against the online gambling ban on behalf of eLot Inc., parent company of eLottery Inc., which wanted to help states sell lottery tickets online.

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Reed's work on behalf of eLottery came while he was also doing other work for Abramoff. That work had Reed conducting antigambling campaigns across the South for two Indian tribes that feared the expansion of gambling would cause competition.

E-mails Show Ralph Reed knew of Jack Abramoff's Ties to Gambling

Confused? Good! You are starting to catch on.