The “American Gaming Association” spent $1.7 million lobbying for Internet Gambling
Feb 23 at 7:07pm by Mike
The American Gaming Association, which is a trade group that represents the casino industry, spent $1.7 million in 2007 lobbying the federal government on Internet gambling legislation.
Lobbyists are required to disclose activities that could influence members of the executive and legislative branches under a federal law that was enacted in 1995.
The association opposes legislative proposals that would pre-empt state authority to regulate gambling and spent $800,000 on lobbying in the second half of the year according to a disclosure form posted online last week by the Senate’s public records office.
The group remained neutral on a law passed by Congress in late 2006 that attempts to crack down on Internet gambling by banning the use of credit cards to pay for online bets but it supports legislation that would fund a federal study on the impact of Internet gambling.
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