Adelson and Amaya Both Hire Lobbying Firms In the Fight for Internet Gaming in the U.S.

Politics is always in motion when it comes to whether online gaming, including poker, should be legal on a federal- and state-wide basis. Of little surprise, both sides of the battle are engaging in political lobbying firms to help steer change.

According to TheHill.com, the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling (CSIG), an anti-online gaming organization funded by The Las Vegas Sands President and CEO and online gaming adversary Sheldon Adelson have hired the political lobbying firm the Keelen Group to help with its legislative battles.

Recently, Adelson has given signs that his group plans to focus more on methods to shut down unregulated online gaming operators servicing the United States rather than what has been the group’s primary mission in pushing the Restoring America’s Wire Act (RAWA) through Congress, which would ban all internet gaming including in the three states that currently allow regulated operators.

Whether or not this holds true, or is just temporary while a new battle is being fought, is up for debate by many in the …

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