The North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) has become the latest organisation to hit out at new anti-online gambling legislation that has been introduced in the US.

As reported by iGaming Business, Senators Lindsey Graham and Jason Chaffetz are sponsoring new legislation to restore the US Wire Act in order to outlaw all forms on online gaming in the country, with the exception of fantasy games and horseracing.

The legislation would reverse a decision in 2011 by Attorney General Eric Holder that a 1961 law used to ban online gaming only applied to sports betting. The new bills would expand prohibition to where it originally stood before the 2011 ruling.

In response, NASPL executive director David Gale has written to Senator Graham to voice his opposition of the new legilslation.

Gale said his committee believes that states should be given the right to "determine the games that are offered, as well as the manner in which they are being delivered to their customers".

The NASPL's stance mirrors that of the Coalition for Consumer and Online Protection (C4COP), which published Gale's letter on its website last week.

The C4COP was originally set up to challenge the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, a campaign group funded by Sheldon Adelson, chairman of casino and report company Las Vegas Sands Corporation, to oppose online gambling in the US.

In addition to the NASPL and C4COP, the National Conference of State Legislatures has also spoken out against the new anti-online gaming legislation, as reported by iGaming Business.

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